For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in or