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

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

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

⁹ From the wicked who oppress me, My deadly enemies, who surround me.

¹¹ Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

⁵ To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, Nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

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

³² The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.

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

³⁴ Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, And he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

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

³⁶ But he passed away, and, behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

³⁷ Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, For there is a future for the man of peace.

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

³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

⁴⁰ Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.

¹ > Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication.

² Attend to 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 bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.