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Prayer for Protection against the Wicked.

^1 (C1)Rescue me, LORD, from evil people;
Protect me from ^(C2)violent men

² Who ^(C1)devise evil things in their hearts;
They ^(C2)continually stir up wars.

³ They ^(C1)sharpen their tongues like a snake;
^(C2)The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah

^4 (C1)Keep me, LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
^(C2)Protect me from violent men
Who ^(F1)intend to ^(F2)(C3)trip up my feet.

⁵ The proud have ^(C1)hidden a trap for me, and snares;
They have spread a ^(C2)net at the ^(F1)wayside;
They have set ^(C3)snares for me. Selah

⁶ I ^(C1)said to the LORD, "You are my God;
^(C2)Listen, LORD, to the ^(C3)sound of my pleadings.

⁷ "^(F1)GOD the Lord, ^(C1)the strength of my salvation,
You have ^(C2)covered my head on the day of ^(F2)battle.

⁸ "Do not grant, LORD, the ^(C1)desires of the wicked;
Do not bring about ^(C2)his evil planning, so that they are not exalted. Selah

⁹ "As for the head of those who surround me,
May the ^(C1)harm of their lips cover them.

¹⁰ "May ^(C1)burning coals fall upon them;
May they be ^(C2)cast into the fire,
Into bottomless pits from which they ^(C3)cannot rise.

¹¹ "May a ^(F1)slanderer not endure on the earth;
^(C1)May evil hunt a violent person ^(F2)violently."

¹² I know that the LORD will ^(C1)maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And ^(C2)justice for the poor.

¹³ Certainly the ^(C1)righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The ^(C2)upright will dwell in Your presence.