Psalms - Chapter 140 - New International Version
- Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,
- who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
- They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. [^
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- Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.
- 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.
- I say to the LORD, "You are my God." Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy.
- Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
- Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.
- Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
- May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.
- May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.
- I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
- Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence.