Psalm 140
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Psalm 140
Rescue Me, O Yahweh, from Evil Men
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
1Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men;
Guard me from violent men
2Who think up evil things in their hearts;
They continually stir up wars.
3They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of an asp is under their lips. #140:3 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical InterludeSelah.
4¶Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked;
Guard me from violent men
Who #140:4 Or devisedgive thought to #140:4 Lit push violently my stepstrip up my steps.
5The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the #140:5 Lit trackwayside;
They have set snares for me. Selah.
6¶I said to Yahweh, “You are my God;
Give ear, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications.
7“O Yahweh, O Lord, the strength of my salvation,
You have covered my head in the day of #140:7 Lit weaponsbattle.
8“Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked;
Do not promote his evil #140:8 Or planscheme, that they not be exalted. Selah.
9¶“As for the head of those who surround me,
May the trouble from their lips cover them.
10“May burning coals be shaken out upon them;
May He cause them to fall into the fire,
Into #140:10 Lit waterybottomless pits from which they can never rise.
11“May a #140:11 Lit man of tongueslanderer not be established in the earth;
May evil hunt the violent man #140:11 Lit thrust upon thrustspeedily.”
12¶I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause for the afflicted
And judgment for the needy.
13Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The upright will abide in Your presence.
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