⁴ Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

⁴ Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

⁸ Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

⁹ From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

¹¹ Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

⁵ To respect the person of the wicked is not good, `Nor' to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

⁵ My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

³² The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

³³ Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.

³⁴ Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he will exalt thee to inherit the land: When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

³⁵ I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

³⁶ But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

³⁷ Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a `happy' end to the man of peace.

³⁸ As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

⁴⁰ And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him. Psalm 38 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

¹ Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication.

² Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

³ Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.