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
Prayer for Help in the Face of Enemies
For the music director. A psalm of David.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men.#The several uses of the singular “man” in this psalm are probably collective
Preserve me from violent men,
2who plan evil things in their heart.
They stir up wars continually.
3They sharpen their tongue as sharp as a snake’s;
the venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah
4Protect me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked.
Preserve me from violent men,
who have planned to make me stumble.#Literally “push my steps”
5The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords.
They have spread out a net along the side#Literally “hand” of the path.
They have set snares for me. Selah
6I say to Yahweh, “You are my God.”
Listen, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications.
7O Yahweh, my Lord, the strength of my salvation,
you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked.
Do not allow them to attain their#Hebrew “his” plan, lest they be exalted. Selah
9With respect to the head of those who surround me,
may the harm of their lips cover them.
10Let burning coals fall on them;
let them be dropped into the fire,
into bottomless pits from which they cannot rise.
11Do not let a slanderer#Literally “man of tongue” be established in the land;
as for the man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.
12I know#According to the reading tradition (Qere) that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and justice for the needy.
13Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name;
the upright will dwell in your presence.
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