Psalms 140

KING JAMES BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;	1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.	2 thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.	3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.	4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
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.	5 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.	6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.	7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.	8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.	9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.	10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.	11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.	12 But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.	13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.
	14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
	15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
	16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
	17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
	18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
	19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
	20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
	21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
	22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
	23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
	24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.