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Deliver me, O, from evildoers; * protect me from the violent,

Who devise evil in their hearts * and stir up strife all day long.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; * adder’s poison is under their lips.

Keep me, O, from the hands of the wicked; * protect me from the violent, who are determined to trip me up.

The proud have hidden a snare for me and stretched out a net of cords; * they have set traps for me along the path.

I have said to the, “You are my God; * listen, O, to my supplication.

O Lord G, the strength of my salvation, * you have covered my head in the day of battle.

Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O, * nor let their evil plans prosper.

Let not those who surround me lift up their heads; * let the evil of their lips overwhelm them.

Let hot burning coals fall upon them; * let them be cast into the mire, never to rise up again.”

A slanderer shall not be established on the earth, * and evil shall hunt down the lawless.

I know that the will maintain the cause of the poor * and render justice to the needy.