Psaumes 140.3
New International Version

Prière pour être protégé des persécuteurs

¹ Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers;
protect me from the violent,

² who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.

³ They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.

⁴ Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
protect me from the violent,
who devise ways to trip my feet.

⁵ The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;
they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path.

⁶ I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.

⁷ Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer,
you shield my head in the day of battle.

⁸ Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord;
do not let their plans succeed.

⁹ Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
may the mischief of their lips engulf them.

¹⁰ May burning coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, never to rise.

¹¹ May slanderers not be established in the land;
may disaster hunt down the violent.

¹² I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy.

¹³ Surely the righteous will praise your name,
and the upright will live in your presence.