24AND SEE IF A WAY OF AN IDOL [IS] IN ME AND LEAD ME IN [THE] WAY OF ANTIQUITY 24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
1RESCUE ME O YAHWEH FROM A MAN EVIL FROM A MAN OF VIOLENCE<S> YOU WILL PRESERVE ME 1Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
2[THOSE] WHO THEY PLAN EVIL THINGS IN [THE] HEART EVERY DAY THEY STIR UP TROUBLE WARS 2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
3THEY SHARPEN TONGUE THEIR LIKE A SNAKE [THE] VENOM OF A VIPER [IS] UNDER LIPS THEIR SELAH 3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips.*NoteCloseCited in Romans 3:13 Selah
4KEEP ME O YAHWEH FROM [THE] HANDS OF [THE] WICKED FROM A MAN OF VIOLENCE<S> YOU WILL PRESERVE ME [THOSE] WHO THEY HAVE PLANNED TO TRIP UP FOOTSTEPS MY 4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
5THEY HAVE HIDDEN PROUD [PEOPLE] A TRAP FOR ME AND ROPES THEY HAVE SPREAD A NET TO [THE] SIDE OF A TRACK SNARES THEY HAVE SET FOR ME SELAH 5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
6I SAY TO YAHWEH [ARE] GOD MY YOU GIVE EAR TO! O YAHWEH [THE] SOUND OF SUPPLICATIONS MY 6I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
7O YAHWEH O LORD [THE] STRENGTH OF SALVATION MY YOU COVER <TO> HEAD MY IN A DAY OF WEAPONRY 7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
8MAY NOT YOU GRANT O YAHWEH [THE] DESIRES OF [THE] WICKED PLOT HIS MAY NOT YOU PROMOTE THEY WILL ARISE SELAH 8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
9[THE] HEAD OF SURROUNDINGS MY [THE] MISCHIEF OF LIPS THEIR MAY IT COVER THEM 9May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
10MAY THEY BE DROPPED ON THEM BURNING COALS IN THE FIRE LET SOMEONE MAKE FALL THEM IN PITS [WHICH] NOT THEY WILL ARISE 10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
11A PERSON OF TONGUE NOT LET HIM BE ESTABLISHED IN THE LAND A PERSON OF VIOLENCE TROUBLE LET IT HUNT HIM FOR BLOWS 11May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
12I KNOW THAT HE WILL DO YAHWEH [THE] CAUSE OF [THE] POOR [THE] JUSTICE OF NEEDY [PEOPLE] 12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
13SURELY RIGHTEOUS [PEOPLE] THEY WILL GIVE THANKS TO NAME YOUR THEY WILL DWELL UPRIGHT [PEOPLE] WITH PRESENCE YOUR 13Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.