Psalms 140

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:	1 [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Rescue me, Yahweh, from evil men, protect me from violentmen,
2 thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.	2 whose heart is bent on malice, day after day they harbour strife;
3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.	3 their tongues as barbed as a serpent's, viper's venom behind their lips.Pause
4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.	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,
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.	5 in their arrogance hiding pitfal and nooseto trap me as I pass.Pause
6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.	6 I said to Yahweh, 'You are my God.' Listen, Yahweh, to the sound of my prayer.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?	7 Yahweh my Lord, my saving strength, you shield my head when battle comes.
8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.	8 Yahweh, do not grant the wicked their wishes, do not let their plots succeed.Pause Do not let myattackers
9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:	9 prevail, but let them be overwhelmed by their own malice.
10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.	10 May red-hot embers rain down on them, may they be flung into the mire once and for all.
11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.	11 May the slanderer find no rest anywhere, may evil hunt down violent men implacably.
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.	12 I know that Yahweh wil give judgement for the wretched, justice for the needy.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.	13 The upright shal praise your name, the honest dwel 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.