In times of trouble he will shelter me; he will keep me safe in his Temple and make me secure on a high rock.

You are my hiding place; you will save me from trouble. I sing aloud of your salvation, because you protect me.

Protect me from the plots of the wicked, from mobs of evil people.

Whoever goes to the LORD for safety, whoever remains under the protection of the Almighty,

He will keep you safe from all hidden dangers and from all deadly diseases.

The wicked are proud and persecute the poor; catch them in the traps they have made.

Do not let proud people attack me or the wicked make me run away.

Happy are those who trust the LORD, who do not turn to idols or join those who worship false gods.

Proud people are coming against me, O God; a cruel gang is trying to kill me--- people who pay no attention to you.

the raging torrent would have drowned us."

The proud have set a trap for me; they have laid their snares, and along the path they have set traps to catch me.

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, because he did this when the Egyptians treated the Israelites with such contempt."

But the grace that God gives is even stronger. As the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Protect me from the plots of the wicked, from mobs of evil people.

They are quick to spread their shameless lies; they destroy good people with cowardly slander.

Their tongues are like deadly snakes; their words are like a cobra's poison.

God will rescue you from slander; he will save you when destruction comes.

Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day---no orgies or drunkenness, no immorality or indecency, no fighting or jealousy.

I am afraid that when I get there I will find you different from what I would like you to be and you will find me different from what you would like me to be. I am afraid that I will find quarreling and jealousy, hot tempers and selfishness, insults and gossip, pride and disorder.

in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups;

is swollen with pride and knows nothing. He has an unhealthy desire to argue and quarrel about words, and this brings on jealousy, disputes, insults, evil suspicions,

So it is with the tongue: small as it is, it can boast about great things. Just think how large a forest can be set on fire by a tiny flame!

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.

But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.

Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.