Psalm 140:4

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Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Keep me as the apple of an eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

O let not the foot of pride overtake me; O let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down.

The ungodly watcheth the righteous, and seeketh occasion to slay him.

{To the Chanter, in Neginoth, an instruction of David} Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my petition.

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Deliver me, o LORD, from the evil men, and preserve me from the wicked men,

O hold thou up my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps slip not.

It is not good to regard the person of the ungodly, or to put back the righteous in judgment.