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| 140:1 | [To the chiefe Musician, A Psalme of Dauid.] Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the violent man. |
| 140:2 | Which imagine mischiefes in their heart: continually are they gathered together for warre. |
| 140:3 | They haue sharpned their tongues like a serpent: adders poison is vnder their lips. Selah. |
| 140:4 | Keepe me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked, preserue me from the violent man: who haue purposed to ouerthrow my goings. |
| 140:5 | The proude haue hid a snare for me and cords, they haue spread a net by the way side: they haue set grinnes for me. Selah. |
| 140:6 | I said vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare the voyce of my supplications, O Lord. |
| 140:7 | O God the Lord, the strength of my saluation: thou hast couered my head in the day of battell. |
| 140:8 | Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked deuice, lest they exalt themselues. Selah. |
| 140:9 | As for the head of those that compasse me about: let the mischiefe of their owne lips couer them. |
| 140:10 | Let burning coales fall vpon them, let them be cast into the fire: into deepe pits, that they rise not vp againe. |
| 140:11 | Let not an euill speaker bee established in the earth: euill shall hunt the violent man to ouerthrow him. |
| 140:12 | I know that the Lord will maintaine the cause of the afflicted: and the right of the poore. |
| 140:13 | Surely the righteous shall giue thankes vnto thy Name: the vpright shall dwell in thy presence. |
| 140:1 | Delyuer me O God from the euyll man: and preserue me from the outragious man |
| 140:2 | Who in heart imagine mischiefes: and set forwarde to warre euery day |
| 140:3 | They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent: Adders poyson is vnder their lippes. Selah |
| 140:4 | Kepe me O God from the handes of the vngodly: preserue me from the outragious man, who haue deuised to thrust my feete [from me. |
| 140:5 | The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spread a net abroade with coardes in the high wayes: they haue set trappes for me. Selah |
| 140:6 | I haue sayde vnto God, thou art my Lorde: heare the voyce of my prayers O God |
| 140:7 | O Lorde God the strength of my saluation: thou hast couered my head in the day of battayle |
| 140:8 | Graunt not vnto the vngodly his desires O God: bryng not to passe his mischeuous imagination lest they shoulde be made to proude. Selah |
| 140:9 | Let the labour of his owne lippe couer him: who is head of them that compasse me about |
| 140:10 | Let hotte coales be burnyng vpon them: he wyll cast them downe into the fire into deepe pittes, that they may neuer rise vp agayne |
| 140:11 | A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth: euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe him |
| 140:12 | I am sure that God wyll dispatche the cause of the afflicted: and he wyll geue iudgement for the needy |
| 140:13 | Truely the ryghteous wyll confesse it vnto thy name: they that deale vprightlye shall dwell before thy face |
| 140:1 | To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the cruel man: |
| 140:2 | Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually. |
| 140:3 | They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah. |
| 140:4 | Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide. |
| 140:5 | The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah. |
| 140:6 | Therefore I saide vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare, O Lord, the voyce of my prayers. |
| 140:7 | O Lord God the strength of my saluation, thou hast couered mine head in the day of battel. |
| 140:8 | Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. Selah. |
| 140:9 | As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them. |
| 140:10 | Let coles fal vpon them: let him cast them into the fire, and into the deepe pits, that they rise not. |
| 140:11 | For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction. |
| 140:12 | I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore. |
| 140:13 | Surely the righteous shall prayse thy Name, and the iust shall dwell in thy presence. |
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