Bible Verses About Psalms

They plan evil things in their hearts they continually stir up bitter strife.

They have made their tongues as sharp as a snake's; viper's venom is under their lips. (Selah)

Keep me, ADONAI, from the hands of the wicked, protect me from violent people who are trying to trip me up.

The arrogant hide snares for me; they spread nets by the side of the road, hoping to trap me there. (Selah)

I said to ADONAI, "You are my God; listen, ADONAI, to my plea for mercy."

ADONAI, Adonai, my saving strength, my helmet shielding my head in battle,

ADONAI, don't grant the wicked their wishes; make their plot fail, so they won't grow proud. (Selah)

May the heads of those who surround me be engulfed in the evil they spoke of, themselves.

May burning coals rain down on them, may they be flung into the fire, flung into deep pits, never to rise again.

Let slanderers find no place in the land; let the violent and evil be hunted relentlessly.

I know that ADONAI gives justice to the poor and maintains the rights of the needy.

The righteous will surely give thanks to your name; the upright will live in your presence.

A psalm of David: ADONAI, I have called you; come to me quickly! Listen to my plea when I call to you.

Let my prayer be like incense set before you, my uplifted hands like an evening sacrifice.

Set a guard, ADONAI, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

Don't let my heart turn to anything evil or allow me to act wickedly with men who are evildoers; keep me from eating their delicacies.

Let the righteous strike me, let him correct me; it will be an act of love. Let my head not refuse such choice oil, for I will keep on praying about their wickedness.

When their rulers are thrown down from the cliff, [the wicked] will hear that my words were fitting.

As when one plows and breaks the ground into clods, our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sh'ol.

For my eyes, ADONAI, Adonai, are on you; in you I take refuge; don't pour out my life.

Keep me from the trap they have set for me, from the snares of evildoers.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

A maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer: With my voice I cry to ADONAI, with my voice I plead to ADONAI for mercy.

Before him I pour out my complaint, before him I tell my trouble.

When my spirit faints within me, you watch over my path. By the road that I am walking they have hidden a snare for me.