Psalms 140
140
A Prayer for Protection#Ps 140 Hebrew title: A psalm by David.
1Save me, LORD, from evildoers;
keep me safe from violent people.
2They are always plotting evil,
always stirring up quarrels.
3 #
Rom 3.13
Their tongues are like deadly snakes;
their words are like a cobra's poison.
4Protect me, LORD, from the power of the wicked;
keep me safe from violent people
who plot my downfall.
5The proud have set a trap for me;
they have laid their snares
and along the path they have set traps to catch me.
6I say to the LORD, “You are my God.”
Hear my cry for help, LORD!
7My Sovereign LORD, my strong defender,
you have protected me in battle.
8 LORD, don't give the wicked what they want;
don't let their plots succeed.
9Don't let my enemies be victorious;#140.9 Probable text Don't let my enemies be victorious; Hebrew unclear.
make their threats against me fall back on them.
10May red-hot coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into a pit and never get out.
11May those who accuse others falsely not succeed;
may evil overtake violent people and destroy them.
12 LORD, I know that you defend the cause of the poor
and the rights of the needy.
13The righteous will praise you indeed;
they will live in your presence.
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Psalm 140
140
A Prayer for Protection against Persecutors
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man:
preserve me from the violent man;
2which imagine mischiefs in their heart;
continually are they gathered together for war.
3 #
Rom 3.13. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent;
adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
4Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from the violent man;
who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;
they have spread a net by the wayside;
they have set gins for me. Selah.
6I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God:
hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.
7O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked:
further not his wicked device;
lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
9 As for the head of those that compass me about,
let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10Let burning coals fall upon them:
let them be cast into the fire;
into deep pits,
that they rise not up again.
11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth:
evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and the right of the poor.
13Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name:
the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
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