Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men; protect me from men of violence
who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of
vipers is on their lips.
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from
men of violence who plan to trip my feet.
Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the
cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.
O Lord, I say to you, “You are my God.” Hear, O Lord, my cry for
mercy.
O Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the
day of battle-
Do not grant the wicked their desires, O Lord; do not let their
plans succeed, or they will become proud.
Psalm 140:1-8