Psalms 140
140
Psalm 140
For the choir leader; a psalm by David.
1Rescue me from evil people, O Lord.
Keep me safe from violent people.
2They plan evil things in their hearts.
They start fights every day.
3They make their tongues as sharp as a snake’s ⌞fang⌟.
Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. Selah
4Protect me from the hands of wicked people, O Lord.
Keep me safe from violent people.
They try to trip me.
5Arrogant people have laid a trap for me.
They have spread out a net with ropes.
They have set traps for me along the road. Selah
6I said to the Lord, “You are my God.”
O Lord, open your ears to hear my plea for pity.
7O Lord Almighty, the strong one who saves me,
you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8O Lord, do not give wicked people what they want.
Do not let their evil plans succeed,
⌞or⌟ they will become arrogant. Selah
9Let the heads of those who surround me
be covered with their own threats.
10Let burning coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into a pit, never to rise again.
11Do not let slanderers prosper on earth.
Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.
12I know that the Lord will defend the rights of those who are oppressed
and the cause of those who are needy.
13Indeed, righteous people will give thanks to your name.
Decent people will live in your presence.
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Psalms 140
140
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David.
1Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.
2Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble [for] wars.
3They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.
4Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.
5The proud hid a snare for me — and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
6I have said to Jehovah, ‘My God [art] Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.’
7O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.
8Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
10They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits — they arise not.
11A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence — evil hunteth to overflowing.
12I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.
13Only — the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!
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