Parallel Bible results for "psalm 140:1-6"

Psalms 140:1-6

1 Rescue me from evil people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people.

1 Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,

2 They plan evil things in their hearts. They start fights every day.

2 who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.

3 They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's [fang]. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. Selah

3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.

4 Protect me from the hands of wicked people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people. They try to trip me.

4 Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.

5 Arrogant 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

5 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.

6 I said to the LORD, "You are my God." O LORD, open your ears to hear my plea for pity.

6 I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy.