Lord, don't give the wicked what they want; don't let their plots succeed.
When David was told that Ahithophel had joined Absalom's rebellion, he prayed, “Please, Lord, turn Ahithophel's advice into nonsense!”
You give victory to kings and rescue your servant David.
Don't abandon me to my enemies, who attack me with lies and threats.
But I could not let their enemies boast that they had defeated my people, when it was I myself who had crushed them.’