¹ > Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

⁴⁸ He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

⁴ Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

¹³ Arise, Yahweh, Confront him, cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;

⁴ Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

¹¹ An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

² Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save?

³ Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

¹ Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

¹ > Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

² Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.

³ For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, Not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.