Psalms 140
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the cruel man:
In finem. Psalmus David. Eripe me, Domine, ab homine malo; a viro iniquo eripe me.
2 Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.
Qui cogitaverunt iniquitates in corde, tota die constituebant prælia.
3 They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. (Selah)
Acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentis; venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum.
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.
Custodi me, Domine, de manu peccatoris, et ab hominibus iniquis eripe me. Qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos:
5 The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. (Selah)
absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi. Et funes extenderunt in laqueum; juxta iter, scandalum posuerunt mihi.
6 Therefore I saide vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare, O Lord, the voyce of my prayers.
Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu; exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meæ.
7 O Lord God the strength of my saluation, thou hast couered mine head in the day of battel.
Domine, Domine, virtus salutis meæ, obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli.
8 Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. (Selah)
Ne tradas me, Domine, a desiderio meo peccatori: cogitaverunt contra me; ne derelinquas me, ne forte exaltentur.
9 As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.
Caput circuitus eorum: labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos.
10 Let coles fal vpon them: let him cast them into the fire, and into the deepe pits, that they rise not.
Cadent super eos carbones; in ignem dejicies eos: in miseriis non subsistent.
11 For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.
Vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra; virum injustum mala capient in interitu.
12 I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.
Cognovi quia faciet Dominus judicium inopis, et vindictam pauperum.
13 Surely the righteous shall prayse thy Name, and the iust shall dwell in thy presence.
Verumtamen justi confitebuntur nomini tuo, et habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo.
