To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.
A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.
Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,
My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.
Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,
O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.