140 Lord , please save me from evil people.
Keep me safe from people who like to attack others.
2 They think of evil ideas to hurt people.
They only want to cause trouble!
3 Their words hurt people,
like the tongue of a snake.
They bite with poison,
like a dangerous snake.
Selah
4 Lord , keep me safe from the power of wicked people.
Keep me safe from violent people who want to attack me.
5 Proud people have prepared a trap to catch me.
They have put their nets across my path. [ a ]
Selah.
6 Lord , I say to you, ‘You are my God.’
Lord , hear my prayer for help!
7 Lord , my Lord, you are my strong helper.
You keep me safe when I fight in a battle.
8 Lord , do not let wicked people do what they want to do.
Stop them when they prepare to attack.
Selah.
9 Give trouble to the people who come round me to attack!
Let the bad things that they say against me
happen to them instead! [ b ]
10 Drop burning coals on them like rain!
Throw those people into the fire!
Let them fall into deep holes that they cannot get out of!
11 People who tell cruel lies should not live in our land.
Trouble will happen to people who like to fight.
Bad trouble will knock them down!
12 I know that the Lord helps poor people.
He makes sure that they receive justice.
13 Your righteous people will always praise you.
Good, honest people will live near to you.
140 Lord , save me from people who are evil.
Protect me from those who are cruel,
2 from those who plan to do evil
and always cause trouble.
3 Their words are as harmful as the fangs of a snake,
as deadly as its venom. Selah
4 Lord , save me from the wicked!
Protect me from these cruel people who plan to hurt me.
5 These proud people are trying to trap me.
They spread nets to catch me;
they set traps in my path. Selah
6 Lord , you are my God.
Lord , listen to my prayer.
7 My Lord God , you are the powerful one who saves me.
You protect my head in battle.
8 Lord , don’t let the wicked have what they want.
Don’t let their plans succeed. Selah
9 My enemies are planning trouble for me.
Lord, make that trouble fall on them.
10 Pour burning coals on their heads.
Throw them into the fire.
Throw them into pits they can never escape.
11 Don’t let those cruel liars enjoy success here.
Let disaster hunt them down.
12 I know the Lord will provide justice for the poor
and will defend the helpless.
13 Those who do what is right will praise your name;
those who are honest will live in your presence.
140 Deliver me, O Lord , from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
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 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 unto the Lord , Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord .
7 O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O Lord , the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
140 ( A ) Rescue me, Lord , from evil people;
Protect me from ( B ) violent men
2 Who ( C ) devise evil things in their hearts;
They ( D ) continually stir up wars.
3 They ( E ) sharpen their tongues like a snake;
( F ) The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah
4 ( G ) Keep me, Lord , from the hands of the wicked;
( H ) Protect me from violent men
Who [ a ] intend to [ b ] ( I ) trip up my feet.
5 The proud have ( J ) hidden a trap for me, and snares;
They have spread a ( K ) net at the [ c ] wayside;
They have set ( L ) snares for me. Selah
6 I ( M ) said to the Lord , “You are my God;
( N ) Listen, Lord , to the ( O ) sound of my pleadings.
7 [ d ] God the Lord, ( P ) the strength of my salvation,
You have ( Q ) covered my head on the day of [ e ] battle.
8 Do not grant, Lord , the ( R ) desires of the wicked;
Do not bring about ( S ) his evil planning, so that they are not exalted. Selah
9 “As for the head of those who surround me,
May the ( T ) harm of their lips cover them.
10 May ( U ) burning coals fall upon them;
May they be ( V ) cast into the fire,
Into bottomless pits from which they ( W ) cannot rise.
11 May a [ f ] slanderer not endure on the earth;
( X ) May evil hunt a violent person [ g ] violently.”
12 I know that the Lord will ( Y ) maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And ( Z ) justice for the poor.
13 Certainly the ( AA ) righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The ( AB ) upright will dwell in Your presence.
1 Rescue me, ( A ) Lord , from evildoers;
protect me from the violent, ( B )
2 who devise evil plans ( C ) in their hearts
and stir up war ( D ) every day.
3 They make their tongues as sharp as ( E ) a serpent’s;
the poison of vipers ( F ) is on their lips. [ b ]
4 Keep me safe, ( G ) Lord , from the hands of the wicked; ( H )
protect me from the violent,
who devise ways to trip my feet.
5 The arrogant have hidden a snare ( I ) for me;
they have spread out the cords of their net ( J )
and have set traps ( K ) for me along my path.
6 I say to the Lord , “You are my God.” ( L )
Hear, Lord , my cry for mercy. ( M )
7 Sovereign Lord , ( N ) my strong deliverer,
you shield my head in the day of battle.
8 Do not grant the wicked ( O ) their desires, Lord ;
do not let their plans succeed.
