chapter_Psalm_140
Psalm 140:1: To the Overseer. &#8212; A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me. Psalm 140:2: Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble for wars. Psalm 140:3: They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah. Psalm 140:4: Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps. Psalm 140:5: The proud hid a snare for me &#8212; and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah. Psalm 140:6: I have said to Jehovah, 'My God art Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.' Psalm 140:7: O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour. Psalm 140:8: Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah. Psalm 140:9: The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them. Psalm 140:10: They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits &#8212; they arise not. Psalm 140:11: A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence &#8212; evil hunteth to overflowing. Psalm 140:12: I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy. Psalm 140:13: Only &#8212; the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!
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