Psalms 140
140
A Prayer for Protection
For the Pure and Shining One
King David’s poetic song
1Lord, protect me from this evil one!
Rescue me from these violent schemes!
2He concocts his secret strategy to divide and harm others,
stirring up trouble one against another.
3They are known for their sharp rhetoric
of poisonous, hateful words.
Pause in his presence
4Keep me safe, Lord, out of reach from these wicked and violent men,
and guard me, God, for they have plotted an evil scheme
to ruin me and bring me down.
5They are proud and insolent; they’ve set an ambush for me in secret.
They are determined to snare me in their net like captured prey.
Pause in his presence
6-7O Lord, you are my God and my saving strength!
My Hero-God, you wrap yourself around me to protect me.
For I’m surrounded by your presence in my day of battle.
Lord Yahweh, hear my cry.
May my voice move your heart to show me mercy.
8Don’t let the wicked triumph over me,
but bring down their every strategy to subdue me
or they will become even more arrogant!
Pause in his presence
9Those who surround me are nothing but proud troublemakers.
May they drink the poison of their own poisonous words.
10-11May their slanderous lives never prosper!
Let evil itself hunt them down and pursue them relentlessly
until they are thrown into fiery pits
from which they will never get out!
Let burning coals of hellfire fall upon their heads!
12For I know, Lord, that you will be the hero
of all those they persecute,
and you will secure justice for the poor.
13Your godly ones will thank you no matter what happens.
For they choose and cherish your presence
above everything else!
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140
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;
preserve me from violent men,
2who plan evil things in their heart,
and stir up wars continually.
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Rom 3.13. They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's,
and under their lips is the poison of vipers. Selah
4Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from violent men,
who have planned to trip up my feet.
5Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me,
and with cords they have spread a net,#140.5 Or they have spread cords as a net
by the wayside they have set snares for me. Selah
6I say to the Lord, Thou art my God;
give ear to the voice of my supplications, O Lord!
7O Lord, my Lord, my strong deliverer,
thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
do not further his evil plot! Selah
9Those who surround me lift up their head,#140.9 Cn Compare Gk: Heb those who surround me are uplifted in head
let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
10Let burning coals fall upon them!
Let them be cast into pits, no more to rise!
11Let not the slanderer be established in the land;
let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
12I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the afflicted,
and executes justice for the needy.
13Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name;
the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
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