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Chapter 140
Psal Webster 140:1  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Psal Webster 140:2  Who imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they assembled [for] war.
Psal Webster 140:3  They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
Psal Webster 140:4  Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Psal Webster 140:5  The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side: they have set gins for me. Selah.
Psal Webster 140:6  I said to the LORD, Thou [art] my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
Psal Webster 140:7  O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Psal Webster 140:8  Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.
Psal Webster 140:9  [As for] the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Psal Webster 140:10  Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not again.
Psal Webster 140:11  Let not an evil speaker be established on the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].
Psal Webster 140:12  I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
Psal Webster 140:13  Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.