< Psalms 140 >
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.
Unto the end, a psalm for David. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.
2 Those who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all day long they constructed conflicts.
Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. The venom of asps is under their lips.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.
4 Preserve me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner, and rescue me from men of iniquity. They have decided to supplant my steps.
Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.
5 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare. They have placed a stumbling block for me near the road.
The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.
6 I said to the Lord: You are my God. O Lord, heed the voice of my supplication.
I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.
7 Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation: you have overshadowed my head in the day of war.
O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.
8 O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.
Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.
9 The head of those who encompass me, the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.
The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
10 Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.
Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.
11 A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.
A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
12 I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy and vindication for the poor.
I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.
13 So then, truly, the just will confess your name, and the upright will dwell with your countenance.
But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.