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Chapter 140
Psal JPS 140:2  Deliver me, O HaShem, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man;
Psal JPS 140:3  Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars.
Psal JPS 140:4  They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips. Selah
Psal JPS 140:5  Keep me, O HaShem, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to make my steps slip.
Psal JPS 140:6  The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah
Psal JPS 140:7  I have said unto HaShem: 'Thou art my G-d'; give ear, O HaShem, unto the voice of my supplications.
Psal JPS 140:8  O GOD the L-rd, the strength of my salvation, who hast screened my head in the day of battle,
Psal JPS 140:9  Grant not, O HaShem, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. Selah
Psal JPS 140:10  As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Psal JPS 140:11  Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Psal JPS 140:12  A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.
Psal JPS 140:13  I know that HaShem will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy.
Psal JPS 140:14  Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto Thy name; the upright shall dwell in Thy presence.