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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
שמרני יהוה מידי רשע-- מאיש חמסים תנצרני אשר חשבו לדחות פעמי
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
SHmrny yhvh mydy rSH`-- mAySH KHmsym tnTSrny ASHr KHSHbv ldKHvt p`my

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
ne declines cor meum in verbum malum volvere cogitationes impias cum viris operantibus iniquitatem neque comedere in deliciis eorum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my paths.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
New King James Version   
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men, Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.
21st Century King James Version   
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man, who has purposed to overthrow my goings.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Keep me, Lord Jehovah, from the hand of the evil, and keep me from men who are extortionists, who have schemed to overthrow my steps.
Darby Bible Translation   
Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked man, preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
God's Word   
Protect me from the hands of wicked people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people. They try to trip me.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Protect me, LORD, from the clutches of the wicked. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to make me stumble.
International Standard Version   
Protect me, LORD, from the control of evil people, from violent men who have planned to trip me.
NET Bible   
O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.
New American Standard Bible   
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet.
New International Version   
Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.
New Living Translation   
O LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked. Protect me from those who are violent, for they are plotting against me.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
The World English Bible   
Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Lord, keep me safe from the power of wicked people. Keep me safe from violent people who want to attack me.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.
New Life Version   
O Lord, keep me from the hands of the sinful. Keep me safe from men who want to hurt others and have planned to trip my feet.
The Voice Bible   
Keep me from the grip of these cruel men, O Eternal One. Shield me from this band of violent men whose only intention is to trip me up and undermine all I do.
Living Bible   
Keep me out of their power. Preserve me from their violence, for they are plotting against me.
New Catholic Bible   
Their tongues are as sharp as those of a serpent, while the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
Legacy Standard Bible   
Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked; Guard me from violent men Who give thought to trip up my steps.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the man of violence, who have purposed to overthrow my steps.
Christian Standard Bible   
Protect me, Lord, from the power of the wicked. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to make me stumble.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent men who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
New Century Version   
Lord, guard me from the power of wicked people; protect me from cruel people who plan to trip me up.
The Message   
God, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people. All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games. They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill. God, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, protect me from these vicious people; All boast and swagger, they plot ways to trip me up, determined to bring me down. These crooks invent traps to catch me and do their best to incriminate me.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked. Protect me from the violent man, who plans to trip my feet.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent who have planned my downfall.
Good News Translation®   
Protect me, Lord, from the power of the wicked; keep me safe from violent people who plot my downfall.
Wycliffe Bible   
Lord, keep thou me from the hand of the sinner; and deliver thou me from wicked men. Which thought to deceive my goings; (Lord, keep thou me safe from the power of the sinner; and save thou me from the wicked, from those who think out ways to thwart my progress.)
Contemporary English Version   
Protect me, Lord, from cruel and brutal enemies, who want to destroy me.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent who have planned my downfall.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent who have planned my downfall.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Protect me from the power of the wicked, Lord! Guard me from violent people who plot to trip me up!
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Protect me from violent men Who intend to trip up my steps.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Who sharpen their tongue like a serpent, venom of asps upon their lips. Selah
New American Standard Bible   
Keep me, Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Protect me from violent men Who intend to trip up my feet.
The Expanded Bible   
Lord, ·guard [keep] me from the ·power [L hand] of wicked people; protect me from ·cruel [violent] people who plan ·to trip me up [my downfall].
Tree of Life Version   
They sharpen their tongue like a serpent’s —viper’s venom is under their lips. Selah
Revised Standard Version   
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
New International Reader's Version   
Lord, keep me safe from the hands of sinful people. Protect me from those who want to hurt me. They plan ways to trip me up and make me fall.
BRG Bible   
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Complete Jewish Bible   
They have made their tongues as sharp as a snake’s; viper’s venom is under their lips. (Selah)
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent who have planned my downfall.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Be shomer over me, Hashem, and keep me from the hands of the rashah; protect me from ish chamasim, whose scheme is to cause my steps to trip.
Names of God Bible   
Protect me from the hands of wicked people, O Yahweh. Keep me safe from violent people. They try to trip me.
Modern English Version   
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent men who have planned to overthrow me.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Lord, save me from the wicked! Protect me from these cruel people who plan to hurt me.
International Children’s Bible   
Lord, guard me from the power of wicked people. Save me from cruel men who plan to trip me up.
Lexham English Bible   
Protect me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from violent men, who have planned to make me stumble.
New International Version - UK   
Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.