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1 - To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.

2 - Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble <FI>for<Fi> wars.

3 - They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder <FI>is<Fi> under their lips. Selah.

4 - Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

5 - The proud hid a snare for me--and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

6 - I have said to Jehovah, `My God <FI>art<Fi> Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'

7 - O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.

8 - Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.

9 - The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

10 - They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits--they arise not.

11 - A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence--evil hunteth to overflowing.

12 - I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

13 - Only--the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!