<p class="poetry">He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> approves of<n id="1" /> the godly,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but he<n id="3" /> hates<n id="4" /> the wicked and those who love to do violence.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me;p> <p class="poetry">they hate me and want to harm me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Violent men perjure themselves,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and falsely accuse me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">From harm and violence he will defend them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will value their lives.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Arrogance is their necklace,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and violence their clothing.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Remember your covenant promises,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He delivers me<n id="1" /> from my enemies;p> <p class="poetry">you snatch me away<n id="2" /> from those who attack me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you rescue me from violent men.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not turn me over to my enemies,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Confuse them,<n id="1" /> O Lord!p> <p class="poetry">Frustrate their plans!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For I see violence and conflict in the city.p>

<p class="poetry">No!<n id="1" /> You plan how to do what is unjust;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you deal out violence in the earth.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, rescue me from wicked men!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Protect me from violent men,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, shelter me from the power<n id="1" /> of the wicked!p> <p class="poetry">Protect me from violent men,p> <p class="poetry">who plan to knock me over.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A slanderer<n id="1" /> will not endure on<n id="2" /> the earth;p> <p class="poetry">calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.<n id="3" />p>