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Psalm 140

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

1 Save me, Lord, from evildoers; keep me safe from violent people.

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

2 They are always plotting evil, always stirring up quarrels.

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

3 Their tongues are like deadly snakes; their words are like a cobra's poison.

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

4 Protect me, Lord, from the power of the wicked; keep me safe from violent people who plot my downfall.

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.

5 The proud have set a trap for me; they have laid their snares, and along the path they have set traps to catch me.

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

6 I say to the Lord, "You are my God." Hear my cry for help, Lord!

7 Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

7 My Sovereign Lord, my strong defender, you have protected me in battle.

8 Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.

8 Lord, don't give the wicked what they want; don't let their plots succeed.

9 Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.

9 Don't let my enemies be victorious; make their threats against me fall back on them.

10 May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

10 May red-hot coals fall on them; may they be thrown into a pit and never get out.

11 May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.

11 May those who accuse others falsely not succeed; may evil overtake violent people and destroy them.

12 I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

12 Lord, I know that you defend the cause of the poor and the rights of the needy.

13 Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence.

13 The righteous will praise you indeed; they will live in your presence.