Psalms 140:3-13

³who make their tongue as sharp as a serpent's, and under whose lips is the poison of adders. Selah

⁴Preserve me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked, from the violent guard me from those who are plotting to trip up my feet.

⁵The proud have hidden a trap for me, cords they have spread as a net for my feet: snares they have set at the side of my track. Selah

⁶I have said to the Lord, “My God are you; give ear, Lord, to my loud plea.

⁷O Lord my Lord, my savior mighty, you did cover my head in the day of battle.

⁸Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; and what they have purposed, promote you not.” Selah

⁹Let them not lift up their heads against me. May the mischief they prate bring themselves to destruction,

¹⁰may he rain upon them coals of fire, may he strike them down swiftly, to rise no more,

¹¹no place in the land may there be for the slanderer: may the violent be hunted from sorrow to sorrow.

¹²I know that the Lord will do right by the weak, and will execute justice for those who are needy.

¹³Surely the righteous shall praise your name, and they who are upright shall live in your presence.