Psalms 139:1-10

¹(140) For the end, a Psalm of David. Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; deliver me from the unjust man.

²Who have devised injustice in their hearts; all the day they prepared war.

³They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.

⁴Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; rescue me from unjust men; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

⁵The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; they set a stumbling block for me near the path. Pause.

⁶I said to the Lord, You are my God; listen, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication.

⁷O Lord God, the strength of my salvation; you have screened my head in the day of battle.

⁸Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause.

⁹As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them.

¹⁰Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and you shall cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up under them.