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Psalms 140
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1(141) A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you.
1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:
2Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
2those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
3Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.
3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
4Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with those who work iniquity. Let me not unite with their choice ones.
4Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
5The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
6Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
6I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
7As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave.
7Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8For my eyes are to you, O Lord God: I have hoped in you; take not away my life.
8Yahweh, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
9Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
10Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.