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Rescue Me, O Yahweh, from Evil Men

^1 (C1)Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men;
Guard me from ^(C2)violent men

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

³ They ^(C1)sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
^(C2)Poison of an asp is under their lips. ^Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude">(F1)Selah.

^4 (C1)Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked;
^(C2)Guard me from violent men
Who ^(F1)give thought to ^(F2)(C3)trip up my steps.

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

⁶ I ^(C1)said to Yahweh, "You are my God;
^(C2)Give ear, O Yahweh, to the ^(C3)voice of my supplications.

⁷ "O Yahweh, O Lord, ^(C1)the strength of my salvation,
You have ^(C2)covered my head in the day of ^(F1)battle.

⁸ "Do not grant, O Yahweh, the ^(C1)desires of the wicked;
Do not promote ^(C2)his evil ^(F1)scheme, that they not be exalted. Selah.

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

¹⁰ "May ^(C1)burning coals be shaken out upon them;
May He ^(C2)cause them to fall into the fire,
Into ^(F1)bottomless pits from which they ^(C3)can never rise.

¹¹ "May a ^(F1)slanderer not be established in the earth;
^(C1)May evil hunt the violent man ^(F2)speedily."

¹² I know that Yahweh will ^(C1)maintain the cause for the afflicted
And ^(C2)judgment for the needy.

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