Psalms 140
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Psalm 140
For the music leader. A psalm of David.
1Rescue me from evil people, LORD!
Guard me from violent people
2who plot evil things in their hearts,
who pick fights every single day!
3They sharpen their tongues like a snake’s;
spider poison#140.3 LXX snake poison is on their lips. Selah
4Protect me from the power of the wicked, LORD!
Guard me from violent people
who plot to trip me up!
5Arrogant people have laid a trap for me with ropes.
They’ve spread out a net alongside the road.
They’ve set snares for me. Selah
6I tell the LORD, “You are my God!
Listen to my request for mercy, LORD!”
7My LORD God, my strong saving help—
you’ve protected my head on the day of battle.
8 LORD, don’t give the wicked what they want!
Don’t allow their plans to succeed,
or they’ll exalt themselves even more!#140.8 Heb uncertain Selah
9Let the heads of the people surrounding me
be covered with the trouble their own lips caused!#140.9 Heb uncertain
10Let burning coals fall on them!
Let them fall into deep pits and never get out again!
11Let no slanderer be safe in the land.
Let calamity hunt down violent people—and quickly!#140.11 Heb uncertain
12I know that the LORD will take up the case of the poor
and will do what is right for the needy.
13Yes, the righteous will give thanks to your name,
and those who do right will live in your presence.
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Psalm 140
140
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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