1. Deliver me, Hashem, from adam rah; preserve me from ish chamasim (violent men);
2. (3) Which plan ra'ot (evils) in their lev; kol yom they incite milchamot (wars).
3. (4) They have sharpened their leshonot like a nachash; the venom of a spider is under their sfatayim (lips). Selah.
4. (5) 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.
5. (6) The ge'im (proud, arrogant ones [of inordinate ambition]) have hid a pach for me, and chavalim (cords, ropes); they have spread a reshet (net) close by the path; they have set mokshim (traps) for me. Selah.