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Chapter 140
Psal OEB 140:1  Rescue me, Lord, from evil people; from people of violence guard me
Psal OEB 140:2  from those who plot evil in their heart, and stir up war continually:
Psal OEB 140:3  who make their tongue as sharp as a serpent’s, and under whose lips is the poison of adders. (Selah)
Psal OEB 140:4  Preserve me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked, from the violent guard me from those who are plotting to trip up my feet.
Psal OEB 140:5  The proud have hidden a trap for me, cords they have spread as a net for my feet: snares they have set at the side of my track. (Selah)
Psal OEB 140:6  I have said to the Lord, “My God are you; give ear, Lord, to my loud plea.
Psal OEB 140:7  O Lord my Lord, my Saviour mighty, you did cover my head in the day of battle.
Psal OEB 140:8  Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; and what they have purposed, promote you not.” (Selah)
Psal OEB 140:9  Let them not lift up their heads against me. May the mischief they prate bring themselves to destruction,
Psal OEB 140:10  may he rain upon them coals of fire, may he strike them down swiftly, to rise no more,
Psal OEB 140:11  no place in the land may there be for the slanderer: may the violent be hunted from sorrow to sorrow.
Psal OEB 140:12  I know that the Lord will do right by the weak, and will execute justice for those who are needy.
Psal OEB 140:13  Surely the righteous shall praise your name, and they who are upright shall live in your presence.