Chapter Text
140:1 For the choir director. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men; Guard me from violent men
140:2 Who think up evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.
140:3 They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of an asp is under their lips. Selah.
140:4 Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked; Guard me from violent men Who give thought to trip up my steps.
140:5 The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.
140:6 I said to Yahweh, “You are my God; Give ear, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications.
140:7 O Yahweh, O Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle.
140:8 Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil scheme, that they not be exalted. Selah.
140:9 “As for the head of those who surround me, May the trouble from their lips cover them.
140:10 May burning coals be shaken out upon them; May He cause them to fall into the fire, Into bottomless pits from which they can never rise.
140:11 May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”
140:12 I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause for the afflicted And judgment for the needy.
140:13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will abide in Your presence.