Psalms 140
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1(140-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (140-2) Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man;
1I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.
2(140-3) Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars.
2Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
3(140-4) They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips. Selah
3Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
4(140-5) Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to make my steps slip.
4Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.
5(140-6) 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
5The just shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:
6(140-7) I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my God'; give ear, O LORD, unto the voice of my supplications.
6Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
7(140-8) O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, who hast screened my head in the day of battle,
7As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.
8(140-9) Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. Selah
8But o to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.
9(140-10) As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
9Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
10(140-11) Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
10The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.
11(140-12) A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.
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12(140-13) I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy.
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13(140-14) Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto Thy name; the upright shall dwell in Thy presence.
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