Psalms 140

1 to/for to conduct melody to/for David to rescue me LORD from man bad: evil from man violence to watch me

To the leader. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, Lord, from evil people; from the violent guard me

2 which to devise: devise distress: evil in/on/with heart all day: always to quarrel battle

from those who plot evil in their heart, and stir up war continually:

3 to sharpen tongue their like serpent rage viper underneath: under lips their (Selah)

who make their tongue as sharp as a serpent’s, and under whose lips is the poison of adders. (Selah)

4 to keep: guard me LORD from hand wicked from man violence to watch me which to devise: devise to/for to thrust beat my

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.

5 to hide proud snare to/for me and cord to spread net to/for hand: to track snare to set: make to/for me (Selah)

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)

6 to say to/for LORD God my you(m. s.) to listen [emph?] LORD voice supplication my

I have said to the Lord, ‘My God are you; attend, Lord, to my loud plea.

7 YHWH/God Lord strength salvation my to cover to/for head my in/on/with day weapon

O Lord my Lord, my saviour mighty, you did cover my head in the day of battle.

8 not to give: give LORD desire wicked plan his not to promote to exalt (Selah)

Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; and what they have purposed, promote you not.’ (Selah)

9 head surrounds my trouble lips their (to cover them *Q(K)*)

Let them not lift up their heads against me. May the mischief they prate bring themselves to destruction,

10 (to shake *Q(K)*) upon them coal in/on/with fire to fall: fall them in/on/with flood not to arise: rise

may he rain upon them coals of fire, may he strike them down swiftly, to rise no more,

11 man tongue not to establish: establish in/on/with land: country/planet man violence bad: evil to hunt him to/for thrust

no place in the land may there be for the slanderer: may the violent be hunted from sorrow to sorrow.

12 (to know *Q(k)*) for to make: do LORD judgment afflicted justice needy

I know that the Lord will do right by the weak, and will execute justice for those who are needy.

13 surely righteous to give thanks to/for name your to dwell upright with face your

Surely the righteous shall praise your name, and they who are upright shall live in your presence.