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Psalm 140

1 Rescue me from evil people, LORD! Guard me from violent people

1 Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,

2 who plot evil things in their hearts, who pick fights every single day!

2 who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.

3 They sharpen their tongues like a snake's; spider poison is on their lips. Selah

3 They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

4 Protect me from the power of the wicked, LORD! Guard me from violent people who plot to trip me up!

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 Arrogant people have laid a trap for me with ropes. They've spread out a net alongside the road. They've set snares for me. Selah

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 tell the LORD, "You are my God! Listen to my request for mercy, LORD!"

6 I say to the Lord, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O Lord!

7 My LORD God, my strong saving help— you've protected my head on the day of battle.

7 O Lord, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

8 LORD, don't give the wicked what they want! Don't allow their plans to succeed, or they'll exalt themselves even more! Selah

8 Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah

9 Let the heads of the people surrounding me be covered with the trouble their own lips caused!

9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

10 Let burning coals fall on them! Let them fall into deep pits and never get out again!

10 Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise!

11 Let no slanderer be safe in the land. Let calamity hunt down violent people—and quickly!

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 take up the case of the poor and will do what is right for the needy.

12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.

13 Yes, the righteous will give thanks to your name, and those who do right will live in your presence.

13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence.