1 Rescue me, LORD, from evil people;
2from those who plot evil in their heart,
3who make their tongue as sharp as a serpent’s,
4Preserve me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked,
5The proud have hidden a trap for me,
6I have said to the LORD, “My God are you;
7O LORD my LORD, my Saviour mighty,
8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked;
9Let them not lift up their heads against me.
10may he rain upon them coals of fire,
11no place in the land may there be for the slanderer:
12I know that the LORD will do right by the weak,
13Surely the righteous shall praise your name,