1 Yahweh, rescue me from the wicked;

preserve me from violent men.

2 They plan evil in their hearts;

they cause battles every day.

3 Their tongues wound like serpents;

vipers' poison is on their lips.

4 Keep me from the hands of the wicked, Yahweh;

preserve me from violent men

who plan to knock me over.

5 The proud have set a trap for me;

they have spread a net;

they have set a snare for me.

6 I said to Yahweh, “You are my God;

listen to my cries for mercy.”

7 Yahweh, my Lord, you are powerfully able to save me;

you shield my head in the day of battle.

8 Yahweh, do not grant the desires of the wicked;

do not let their plots succeed.

9 Those who surround me raise their heads;

let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

10 Let burning coals fall on them;

throw them into the fire,

into bottomless pits, never more to rise.

11 May men of tongues not be made secure on the earth;

may evil hunt down the violent man to strike him dead.

12 I know that Yahweh will judge in favor of the afflicted,

and that he will give justice to the needy.

13 Surely the righteous people will give thanks to your name;

the upright people will live in your presence.