Tehillim (Psa) 140
140
1For the leader. A psalm of David:
2Rescue me, Adonai, from evil people,
protect me from violent people.
3They plan evil things in their hearts —
they continually stir up bitter strife.
4They have made their tongues as sharp as a snake’s;
viper’s venom is under their lips. (Selah)
5Keep me, Adonai, from the hands of the wicked,
protect me from violent people
who are trying to trip me up.
6The arrogant hide snares for me;
they spread nets by the side of the road,
hoping to trap me there. (Selah)
7I said to Adonai, “You are my God;
listen, Adonai, to my plea for mercy.”
8Adonai, Adonai, my saving strength,
my helmet shielding my head in battle,
9Adonai, don’t grant the wicked their wishes;
make their plot fail, so they won’t grow proud. (Selah)
10May the heads of those who surround me
be engulfed in the evil they spoke of, themselves.
11May burning coals rain down on them,
may they be flung into the fire,
flung into deep pits,
never to rise again.
12Let slanderers find no place in the land;
let the violent and evil be hunted relentlessly.
13I know that Adonai gives justice to the poor
and maintains the rights of the needy.
14The righteous will surely give thanks to your name;
the upright will live in your presence.
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Deliver Me, O Lord, from Evil Men
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1 #
Ps. 71:4; 119:153, 170 Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;
preserve me from #Ps. 18:48; Prov. 3:31violent men,
2who plan evil things in their heart
and #See Ps. 56:6stir up wars continually.
3They make #[Ps. 52:2] their tongue sharp as #Ps. 58:4 a serpent’s,
and #Ps. 10:7 under their lips is the #Cited Rom. 3:13venom of asps. Selah
4Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from #[See ver. 1 above]violent men,
who have planned to trip up my feet.
5The arrogant have #Ps. 35:7; 141:9; 142:3; Jer. 18:22 hidden a trap for me,
and with cords they have spread #Job 18:8-10 a net;#140:5 Or they have spread cords as a net
beside the way they have set #Ps. 64:5snares for me. Selah
6 #
Ps. 142:5 I say to the Lord, You are my God;
give ear to #Ps. 28:2; 31:22; 130:2the voice of my pleas for mercy, O Lord!
7O Lord, my Lord, #Ps. 28:8the strength of my salvation,
you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8 # [Ps. 35:25] Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
do not further their#140:8 Hebrew his evil plot, or #Isa. 14:21they will be exalted! Selah
9As for the head of those who surround me,
let #[Prov. 12:13; 18:7]; See Ps. 7:16the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
10Let #[Ps. 11:6; 18:13]burning coals fall upon them!
Let them be cast into fire,
into miry pits, no more to rise!
11Let not the slanderer be established in the land;
let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
12I know that the Lord will #Ps. 9:4 maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and #1 Kgs. 8:45, 49, 59will execute justice for the needy.
13Surely #[Ps. 64:10] the righteous shall give thanks to your name;
# [Ps. 11:7] the upright shall dwell in your presence.
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