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Psalms Chapter 140 - New American Standard Bible

1. RESCUE me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men

2. Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.

3. They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips.

4. Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have [2] purposed to [1] trip up my feet.

5. The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the [3] wayside; They have set snares for me.

6. I said to the LORD, «You are my God; Give ear, O LORD, to the voice of my supplications.

7. «O [5] GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of [4] battle.

8. «Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted.

9. «As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them.

10. «May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into [6] deep pits from which they cannot rise.

11. «May a [8] slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man [7] speedily.»

12. I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor.

13. Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence.

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Footnotes
  • 1: Lit thrust upon thrust
  • 2: Lit fixed
  • 3: Lit to
  • 4: Lit in
  • 5: Or lovingly
  • 6: Lit And my prayer
  • 7: Or in spite of their calamities
  • 8: I.e. the nether world

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