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Chapter 140
Psal Geneva15 140:1  To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the cruel man:
Psal Geneva15 140:2  Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.
Psal Geneva15 140:3  They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.
Psal Geneva15 140:4  Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.
Psal Geneva15 140:5  The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.
Psal Geneva15 140:6  Therefore I saide vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare, O Lord, the voyce of my prayers.
Psal Geneva15 140:7  O Lord God the strength of my saluation, thou hast couered mine head in the day of battel.
Psal Geneva15 140:8  Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. Selah.
Psal Geneva15 140:9  As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.
Psal Geneva15 140:10  Let coles fal vpon them: let him cast them into the fire, and into the deepe pits, that they rise not.
Psal Geneva15 140:11  For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.
Psal Geneva15 140:12  I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.
Psal Geneva15 140:13  Surely the righteous shall prayse thy Name, and the iust shall dwell in thy presence.