Psalms 140

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 For the leader. A psalm of David.	1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 Deliver me, LORD, from the wicked; preserve me from the violent,	2 thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 From those who plan evil in their hearts, who stir up conflicts every day,	3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 Who sharpen their tongues like serpents, venom of asps upon their lips. Selah	4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 Keep me, LORD, from the clutches of the wicked; preserve me from the violent, who plot to trip me up.	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 The arrogant have set a trap for me; villains have spread a net, laid snares for me by the wayside. Selah	6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
7 I say to the LORD: You are my God; listen, LORD, to the words of my prayer.	7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
8 My revered LORD, my strong helper, my helmet on the day of battle.	8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
9 LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let their plots succeed. Selah	9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 Around me they raise their proud heads; may the mischief they threaten overwhelm them.	10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 May God rain burning coals upon them, cast them into the grave never more to rise.	11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
12 Slanderers will not survive on earth; evil will quickly entrap the violent.	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 For I know the LORD will secure justice for the needy, their rights for the poor.	13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.
14 Then the just will give thanks to your name; the upright will dwell in your presence.	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.