| Chapter 140 |
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To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Yehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me. |
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Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble for wars. |
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They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah. |
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Preserve me, Yehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps. |
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The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah. |
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I have said to Yehovah, `My God art Thou, Hear, Yehovah, the voice of my supplications.` |
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O Yehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour. |
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Grant not, O Yehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah. |
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The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them. |
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They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not. |
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A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing. |
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I have known that Yehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy. |
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Only -- the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence! |