140:1 [For the choir leader; a psalm by David.] Rescue me from evil people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people.
140:2 They plan evil things in their hearts. They start fights every day.
140:3 They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's [fang]. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. [Selah]
140:4 Protect me from the hands of wicked people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people. They try to trip me.
140:5 Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road. [Selah]
140:6 I said to the LORD, "You are my God." O LORD, open your ears to hear my plea for pity.
140:7 O LORD Almighty, the strong one who saves me, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
140:8 O LORD, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, [or] they will become arrogant. [Selah]
140:9 Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats.
140:10 Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into a pit, never to rise again.
140:11 Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.
140:12 I know that the LORD will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.
140:13 Indeed, righteous people will give thanks to your name. Decent people will live in your presence.
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