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| 140:1 | Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; |
| 140:2 | Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. |
| 140:3 | They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. |
| 140:4 | Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. |
| 140:5 | The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. |
| 140:6 | I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. |
| 140:7 | O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. |
| 140:8 | Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. |
| 140:9 | As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. |
| 140:10 | Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. |
| 140:11 | Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. |
| 140:12 | I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. |
| 140:13 | Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. |
| 140:1 | To the chaunter, a psalme of Dauid. Delyuer me, O Lorde, from the euell man, and preserue me from the wycked man. |
| 140:2 | Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes: and stere vp strife all the daye longe. |
| 140:3 | They haue sharpened theyr tonges like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lyppes. Sela. |
| 140:4 | Kepe me, O Lorde, from the handes of the vngodly: preserue me from the wyckedmen, which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goynges. |
| 140:5 | The proude haue layed a snare for me: and spred a net abroad with coardes: yee, & set trappes in my waye Sela. |
| 140:6 | I sayde vnto the Lorde: thou art my God, heare the voyce of my prayers, O Lorde. |
| 140:7 | O Lorde God, thou strength of my health, thou hast couered my heed in the day of battayll. |
| 140:8 | Let not the vngodly haue his desyre, O Lorde, let not hys mischeuous ymaginacyon prosper: lest they be to proude. Sela. |
| 140:9 | Let the mischefe of their awne lippes fall vpon the heed of them, that compasse me about. |
| 140:10 | Let hote burninge coales fall vpon them: let them be cast into the fyer and into the pyt: that they neuer ryse vp againe. |
| 140:11 | A man full of wordes shal not prosper vpon the erth: euell shall hunte the wycked person, to ouerthrowe hym. |
| 140:12 | Sure I am, that the Lorde wyll auenge the poore, and mainteyne the cause of the helpeles. |
| 140:13 | The righteous also shall geue thankes vnto thy name, and the iust shall contynue in thy syght. |
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