| 140:1 |
Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence, |
| 140:2 |
who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. |
| 140:3 |
They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah |
| 140:4 |
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet. |
| 140:5 |
Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. Selah |
| 140:6 |
O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God." Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy. |
| 140:7 |
O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle-- |
| 140:8 |
do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah |
| 140:9 |
Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused. |
| 140:10 |
Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. |
| 140:11 |
Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence. |
| 140:12 |
I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. |
| 140:13 |
Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you. |
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