Psalms 140

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Rescue me, Yahweh, from evil men, protect me from violentmen,	1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2 whose heart is bent on malice, day after day they harbour strife;	2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
3 their tongues as barbed as a serpent's, viper's venom behind their lips.Pause	3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep me, Yahweh, from the clutches of the wicked, protect me from violent men, who are bent onmaking me stumble,laying out snares where I walk,	4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 in their arrogance hiding pitfal and nooseto trap me as I pass.Pause	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.
6 I said to Yahweh, 'You are my God.' Listen, Yahweh, to the sound of my prayer.	6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7 Yahweh my Lord, my saving strength, you shield my head when battle comes.	7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Yahweh, do not grant the wicked their wishes, do not let their plots succeed.Pause Do not let myattackers	8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
9 prevail, but let them be overwhelmed by their own malice.	9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 May red-hot embers rain down on them, may they be flung into the mire once and for all.	10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11 May the slanderer find no rest anywhere, may evil hunt down violent men implacably.	11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 I know that Yahweh wil give judgement for the wretched, justice for the needy.	12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
13 The upright shal praise your name, the honest dwel in your presence.	13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.