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Psalm 140 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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PSALM 140

Prayer for Protection against the Wicked.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

1 Rescue me, LORD, from evil people;

Protect me from violent men

2 Who devise evil things in their hearts;

They continually stir up wars.

3 They sharpen their tongues like a snake;

The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah

4 Keep me, LORD, from the hands of the wicked;

Protect me from violent men

Who [fn]intend to [fn]trip up my feet.

5 The proud have hidden a trap for me, and snares;

They have spread a net at the [fn]wayside;

They have set snares for me. Selah

6 I said to the LORD, “You are my God;

Listen, LORD, to the sound of my pleadings.

7 “[fn]GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation,

You have covered my head on the day of [fn]battle.

8 “Do not grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked;

Do not bring about his evil planning, so that they are not exalted. Selah

9 “As for the head of those who surround me,

May the harm of their lips cover them.

10 “May burning coals fall upon them;

May they be cast into the fire,

Into bottomless pits from which they cannot rise.

11 “May a [fn]slanderer not endure on the earth;

May evil hunt a violent person [fn]violently.”

12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,

And justice for the poor.

13 Certainly the righteous will give thanks to Your name;

The upright will dwell in Your presence.

See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
Or devise
Lit push
Lit track
Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Lit weapons
Lit man of tongue
Lit blow upon blow
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Psalm Chapter 140 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras