CLV(i)
1 {A Davidic Psalm{ Liberate me, O Yahweh, from the evil person; From the man of violence may You preserve me;"
2 Those who devise evil deeds in their heart, All day long they stir up warfare;"
3 They whet their tongue like a serpent; The venom of an asp is under their lips. {Interlude{
4 Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked one; From the man of violence may You preserve me, Those who devise ways to trip up my footsteps."
5 Proud men bury a snare for me, And they spread lines, a net at the side of my route; They set traps for me. {Interlude{ "
6 I avow to Yahweh, You are my El; Do give ear, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications."
7 O Yahweh, my Lord, the Strength of my salvation, You overshadow my head in the day of the weapon."
8 Do not grant, O Yahweh, the yearnings of the wicked one; Do not promote his scheme. Let them not be exalted."
9 As for the heads of those round about me, May the misery done by their lips cover them."
10 May glowing embers slip down over them; May He cast them into the fire, Into chasms, so they may rise no more."
11 May a man of slander no more become established in the land; A man of violence, may evil hunt him with jolt after jolt."
12 I know that Yahweh shall execute adjudication for the humbled, Right judgment for the needy."
13 Yea, the righteous, they shall acclaim Your Name; The upright shall dwell in Your presence."