Setting
Save me, O LORD, from evil men;
Free Church of Scotland psalter · 8 8 8 8 8 8
The words
Save me, O LORD, from evil men; From vi’lent men protect my way, For evil schemes are in their hearts, And war they stir up every day. Like snakes, their tongues have sharpened tips With vipers’ poison on their lips.
Keep me, O LORD, from wicked hands; From men of vi’lence set me free, For they conspire to trip my feet. The proud have hidden snares for me; They spread the meshes of their net, And on my pathway traps are set.
O LORD, I say, “You are my God.” LORD, listen to my cry for aid. O Sovereign LORD, my Saviour strong, In battle you protect my head. Refuse the wicked their desire; To shame them, make their plots misfire.
O LORD, let those who hem me in Be overwhelmed by their own lies. May they be thrown into the fire Or miry pit, and never rise. May liars find no place to stay, The violent be swept away.
I know it is the LORD alone Whose judgment vindicates the poor; It is the LORD who will uphold And make the needy’s cause secure. To you the righteous praise will give; The upright in your sight will live.
Source & provenance
Free Church of Scotland psalter · psalter
An unedited transcription of the Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003) edition.
Full provenance & rights
- Base edition
- Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003)
- Editor
- Psalmody Committee of the Free Church of Scotland
- Editing
- unedited transcription
Rights
- Copyright
- rights-verified (display held); FCS terms recorded 2026-10-08 — verbatim text in a notated setting with independent tune MIDI is within terms (text free, FCS attribution displayed); copy/print/offline not granted; no audio derivatives
- Access
- free
- Display
- permitted
Tunes it can be sung to
2 tunes
Leicester
curated well-matched8.8.8.8.8.8
Ryburn
curated well-matched8.8.8.8.8.8
How is this list ordered?
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