Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man:
preserve me from the violent man;
² Which imagine mischiefs in their heart;
continually [all day] are they gathered together for war.
³ They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent;
adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

⁴ Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from the violent man;
who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
⁵ The proud
have hid a snare for me,
and cords;
they have spread a net by the wayside [beside the path];
they have set gins [nooses] for me.
Selah.

⁶ I said unto the LORD,
Thou art my God:
hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
⁷ O GOD the Lord,
the strength of my salvation,
thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
⁸ Grant not, O LORD,
the desires of the wicked:
further not his wicked device;
lest they exalt themselves.
Selah.

⁹ As for the head of those that compass me about,
let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
¹⁰ Let burning coals fall upon them:
let them be cast into the fire;
into deep pits,
that they rise not up again.

¹¹ Let not an evil speaker [a man tongue] be established in the earth:
evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
¹² I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and the right of the poor.
¹³ Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name:
the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]