Deliver me from and lift me above those who work evil and save me from bloodthirsty men.
If You would [only] slay the wicked, O God, and the men of blood depart from me–[Isa. 11:4.]
Gather me not with sinners and sweep me not away [with them], nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in, lean on, and confidently rely on You.
Lest my foe tear my life [from my body] like a lion, dragging me away while there is none to deliver.
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?