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:
Psalmus David, in finem. 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 praelia.
3 They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. (Selah)
Acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentes: 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: iuxta 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 meae.
7 O Lord God the strength of my saluation, thou hast couered mine head in the day of battel.
Domine, Domine virtus salutis meae: 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 deiicies 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 iniustum mala capient in interitu.
12 I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.
Cognovi quia faciet Dominus iudicium inopis: et vindictam pauperum.
13 Surely the righteous shall prayse thy Name, and the iust shall dwell in thy presence.
Verumtamen iusti confitebuntur nomini tuo: et habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo.
