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Psalm 140

Common English Bible CEB

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 My LORD God, my strong saving help— you've protected my head on 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

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

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

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

12 I know that the LORD will take up the case of the poor and will do what is right for the needy.

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

The Message Bible MSG

1 God, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people.

2 All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games.

3 They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill.

4 God, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, protect me from these vicious people;

5 Stuffed with self-importance, they plot ways to trip me up, determined to bring me down. These crooks invent traps to catch me and do their best to incriminate me.

6 I prayed, "God, you're my God! Listen, God! Mercy!

7 God, my Lord, Strong Savior, protect me when the fighting breaks out!

8 Don't let the wicked have their way, God, don't give them an inch!"

9 These troublemakers all around me - let them drown in their own verbal poison.

10 Let God pile hellfire on them, let him bury them alive in crevasses!

11 These loudmouths - don't let them be taken seriously; These savages - let the Devil hunt them down!

12 I know that you, God, are on the side of victims, that you care for the rights of the poor.

13 And I know that the righteous personally thank you, that good people are secure in your presence.