Psalms 140
140
Psalm 140#In Hebrew texts 140:1-13 is numbered 140:2-14.
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers;
protect me from the violent,
2who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.
3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.#140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.
4Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
protect me from the violent,
who devise ways to trip my feet.
5The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;
they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path.
6I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.
7Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer,
you shield my head in the day of battle.
8Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord;
do not let their plans succeed.
9Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
10May burning coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, never to rise.
11May slanderers not be established in the land;
may disaster hunt down the violent.
12I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy.
13Surely the righteous will praise your name,
and the upright will live in your presence.
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Tehillim 140
140
(For the one directing. Mizmor of Dovid)
1 Deliver me, Hashem, from adam rah; preserve me from ish chamasim (violent men);
2 Which plan ra'ot (evils) in their lev; kol yom they incite milchamot (wars).
3 They have sharpened their leshonot like a nachash; the venom of a spider is under their sfatayim (lips). Selah
4 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 The ge'im (proud, arrogant ones)#140:5 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
6 I said unto Hashem, Thou art Eli; hear the kol tachanunai (voice of my supplications), Hashem.
7 Hashem Adonoi, Oz Yeshu'ati (strength of my salvation), Thou hast covered my rosh in the Yom Neshek (Day of Arms, Day of Battle).
8 Grant not, Hashem, the desires of the rashah; let not his plot succeed; lest they exalt themselves. Selah
9 As for the rosh of those that surround me, let the amal (trouble) of their own sfatayim (lips) cover them.
10 Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the eish; into mahamorot (watery pits), that they rise not up again.
11 Let not an ish lashon (idle talker, slanderer) be established in ha'aretz; rah shall hunt down the ish chamas to overthrow him.
12 I know that Hashem will maintain the din oni (cause of the poor), and the mishpat evyonim (the right of the needy).
13 Surely the tzaddikim shall give thanks unto Thy Shem; the upright shall dwell in Thy presence.
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