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Chapter 140
Psal GodsWord 140:1  Rescue me from evil people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people.
Psal GodsWord 140:2  They plan evil things in their hearts. They start fights every day.
Psal GodsWord 140:3  They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's fang. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. Selah
Psal GodsWord 140:4  Protect me from the hands of wicked people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people. They try to trip me.
Psal GodsWord 140:5  Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road. Selah
Psal GodsWord 140:6  I said to the LORD, "You are my God." O LORD, open your ears to hear my plea for pity.
Psal GodsWord 140:7  O LORD Almighty, the strong one who saves me, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
Psal GodsWord 140:8  O LORD, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, or they will become arrogant. Selah
Psal GodsWord 140:9  Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats.
Psal GodsWord 140:10  Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into a pit, never to rise again.
Psal GodsWord 140:11  Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.
Psal GodsWord 140:12  I know that the LORD will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.
Psal GodsWord 140:13  Indeed, righteous people will give thanks to your name. Decent people will live in your presence.