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Chapter 140
Psal YLT 140:1  To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.
Psal YLT 140:2  Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble for wars.
Psal YLT 140:3  They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah.
Psal YLT 140:4  Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.
Psal YLT 140:5  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.
Psal YLT 140:6  I have said to Jehovah, `My God art Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'
Psal YLT 140:7  O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.
Psal YLT 140:8  Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
Psal YLT 140:9  The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
Psal YLT 140:10  They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits--they arise not.
Psal YLT 140:11  A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence--evil hunteth to overflowing.
Psal YLT 140:12  I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.
Psal YLT 140:13  Only--the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!