Psalms 140
140
A Prayer for Protection
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1Lord, rescue me from evil people;
protect me from cruel people
2who make evil plans,
who always start fights.
3They make their tongues sharp as a snake’s;
their words are like snake poison.Selah
4Lord, guard me from the power of wicked people;
protect me from cruel people
who plan to trip me up.
5The proud hid a trap for me.
They spread out a net beside the road;
they set traps for me.Selah
6I said to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Lord, listen to my prayer for help.
7Lord God, my mighty savior,
you protect me in battle.
8Lord, do not give the wicked what they want.
Don’t let their plans succeed,
or they will become proud.Selah
9Those around me have planned trouble.
Now let it come to them.
10Let burning coals fall on them.
Throw them into the fire
or into pits from which they cannot escape.
11Don’t let liars settle in the land.
Let evil quickly hunt down cruel people.
12I know the Lord will get justice for the poor
and will defend the needy in court.
13Good people will praise his name;
honest people will live in his presence.
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Psalms 140
140
Prayer for Deliverance from the Wicked
1For the leader. A psalm of David.
I
2Deliver me, Lord, from the wicked;
preserve me from the violent,#Ps 71:4.
3From those who plan evil in their hearts,
who stir up conflicts every day,
4#Similar metaphors for a wicked tongue are used in Ps 52:2; 55:20; 58:3.Who sharpen their tongue like a serpent,
venom of asps upon their lips.#Ps 64:4; Rom 3:13.
Selah
II
5Keep me, Lord, from the clutches of the wicked;
preserve me from the violent,
who plot to trip me up.#Jer 18:22; Ps 56:7; 57:7.
6#Have set a trap…have spread out ropes for a net: the same figure, of hunters setting traps, occurs in Ps 9:16; 31:5; 35:7; 64:6, cf. Mt 22:15; Lk 11:54.The arrogant have set a trap for me;
they have spread out ropes for a net,
laid snares for me by the wayside.
Selah
7I say to the Lord: You are my God;#Ps 31:15.
listen, Lord, to the words of my pleas.
8Lord, my master, my strong deliverer,
you cover my head on the day of armed conflict.
9Lord, do not grant the desires of the wicked one;
do not let his plot succeed.
Selah
III
10Those who surround me raise their heads;
may the mischief they threaten overwhelm them.
11Drop burning coals upon them;#Ps 11:6; 120:4; Gn 19:24.
cast them into the watery pit never more to rise.
12Slanderers will not survive on earth;
evil will hunt down the man of violence to overthrow him.
13For I know the Lord will take up the cause of the needy,
justice for the poor.
14Then the righteous will give thanks to your name;
the upright will dwell in your presence.#Ps 11:7; 16:11; 17:15.
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