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

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Prayer for Protection against the Wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 -

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

Rescue H2502 me, LORD H3068, from evil H7451 people H120;

Protect H5341 me from violent H2555 men H376

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Who H834 devise H2803 evil H7451 things H7451 in their hearts H3820;

They continually H3605 H3117 stir H1624 up H1624 wars H4421.

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They sharpen H8150 their tongues H3956 like a snake H5175;

The venom H2534 of a viper H5919 is under H8478 their lips H8193. Selah H5542

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Keep H8104 me, LORD H3068, from the hands H3027 of the wicked H7563;

Protect H5341 me from violent H2555 men H376

Who H834 [fn]intend H2803 to [fn]trip H1760 up H1760 my feet H6471.

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The proud H1343 have hidden H2934 a trap H6341 for me, and snares H2256;

They have spread H6566 a net H7568 at the [fn]wayside H4570;

They have set H7896 snares H4170 for me. Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:6 -

I said H559 to the LORD H3068, “You are my God H410;

Listen H238, LORD H3068, to the sound H6963 of my pleadings H8469.

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[fn]GOD H3068 the Lord H136, the strength H5797 of my salvation H3444,

You have covered H5526 my head H7218 on the day H3117 of [fn]battle H5402.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:8 -

“Do not grant H5414, LORD H3068, the desires H3970 of the wicked H7563;

Do not bring H6329 about H6329 his evil H2161 planning H2161, so that they are not exalted H7311. Selah H5542

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“As for the head H7218 of those who surround H5437 me,

May the harm H5999 of their lips H8193 cover H3680 them.

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“May burning H784 coals H1513 fall H4131 upon them;

May they be cast H5307 into the fire H784,

Into bottomless H4113 pits H4113 from which they cannot H1077 rise H6965.

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“May a [fn]slanderer H376 H3956 not endure H3559 on the earth H776;

May evil H7451 hunt H6679 a violent H2555 person H376 [fn]violently H4073.”

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I know H3045 that the LORD H3068 will maintain H6213 the cause H1779 of the afflicted H6031,

And justice H4941 for the poor H34.

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Certainly H389 the righteous H6662 will give H3034 thanks H3034 to Your name H8034;

The upright H3477 will dwell H3427 in Your presence H6440.

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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