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

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Prayer for Protection against the Wicked.

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For the music director. A Psalm of David.

Rescue me, LORD, from evil people;

Protect me from violent men

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Who devise evil things in their hearts;

They continually stir up wars.

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They sharpen their tongues like a snake;

The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah

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

Protect me from violent men

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

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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

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I said to the LORD, “You are my God;

Listen, LORD, to the sound of my pleadings.

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

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

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

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

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“As for the head of those who surround me,

May the harm of their lips cover them.

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“May burning coals fall upon them;

May they be cast into the fire,

Into bottomless pits from which they cannot rise.

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

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

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

And justice for the poor.

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Certainly the righteous will give thanks to Your name;

The upright will dwell in Your presence.

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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