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Psalm 140

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

1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men,

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

2 Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war.

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

3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah

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, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men, Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.

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 proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set traps for me. Selah

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

6 I said to the Lord: "You are my God; Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.

7 O LORD Almighty, the strong one who saves me, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

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

8 O LORD, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, [or] they will become arrogant. Selah

8 Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; Do not further his wicked scheme, Lest they be exalted. Selah

9 Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats.

9 "As for the head of those who surround me, Let the evil of their lips cover them;

10 Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into a pit, never to rise again.

10 Let burning coals fall upon them; Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

11 Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.

11 Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him."

12 I know that the LORD will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.

12 I know that the Lord will maintain The cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor.

13 Indeed, righteous people will give thanks to your name. Decent people will live in your presence.

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