Eripe me, Domine.
A prayer to be delivered from the wicked.
139:1. Unto the end, a psalm of David.
139:2. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust
man.
139:3. Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long
they designed battles.
139:4. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of
asps is under their lips.
139:5. Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust
men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps:
139:6. The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out
cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the
wayside.
139:7. I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of
my supplication.
139:8. O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast
overshadowed my head in the day of battle.
139:9. Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have
plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.
139:10. The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips
shall overwhelm them.
139:11. Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down
into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.
139:12. A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth:
evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
139:13. I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will
revenge the poor.
139:14. But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the
upright shall dwell with thy countenance.