Psalms - Chapter 140 | English Standard Version

  • 1. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,
  • 2. who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.
  • 3. They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah.
  • 4. Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
  • 5. The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah.
  • 6. I say to the LORD, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD!
  • 7. O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
  • 8. Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot or they will be exalted! Selah.
  • 9. As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
  • 10. Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise!
  • 11. Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
  • 12. I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.
  • 13. Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence.
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