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
Rescue Me from Evil Men
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men.
Protect me from men of violence,
2who devise evil in their hearts
and stir up war all day long.
3They sharpen their tongues like snakes;
the venom of vipers is on their lips.#140:3 Cited in Romans 3:13
Selah
4Guard me, O Lord,
from the hands of the wicked.
Keep me safe from men of violence
who scheme to make me stumble.
5The proud hide a snare for me;
the cords of their net are spread along the path,
and lures are set out for me.
Selah
6I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Hear, O Lord, my cry for help.
7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
You shield my head in the day of battle.
8Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
do not promote their evil plans,
lest they be exalted.
Selah
9May the heads of those who surround me
be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
10May burning coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into the fire,
into the miry pits, never to rise again.
11May no slanderer be established in the land;
may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
12I know that the Lord upholds justice for the poor
and defends the cause of the needy.
13Surely the righteous will praise Your name;
the upright will dwell in Your presence.
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