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
1Rescue me, O יהוה, from men of evil; Preserve me from men of violence,
2Who have devised evils in their hearts; They stir up conflicts all day long.
3They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The poison of cobras is under their lips. Selah.
4Guard me, O יהוה, from the hands of the wrong; Guard me from a man of violence, Who has schemed to trip up my steps.
5The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.
6I said to יהוה, “You are my Ěl; Hear the voice of my prayers, O יהוה.
7“O Master יהוה, my saving strength, You have screened my head in the day of battle.
8Do not grant the desires of the wrong, O יהוה; Do not promote his scheme. Selah.”
9“Those who surround me lift up their head; The trouble of their lips covers them;
10Let burning coals fall on them; Let them be made to fall into the fire, Into deep pits, let them not rise again.”
11Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily.
12I have known that יהוה maintains The cause of the afflicted, The right-ruling of the poor.
13Only, let the righteous give thanks to Your Name, Let the straight ones dwell in Your presence.
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