Psalms 140
1 Yahweh, rescue/save me from [being attacked by] evil men; and [even more], (keep me safe/protect me) from being attacked by violent people.
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Deliver me, O YHWH, from an evil man, Keep me from one of violence.
2 They are always planning to do evil things and they are always inciting/urging people to start quarrels.
Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble [for] wars.
3 By what they say [MTY] [they injure people like] poisonous snakes do; the words that they speak [MTY] [can kill people as easily as] cobras/vipers do.
They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of a viper [is] under their lips. (Selah)
4 Yahweh, protect me from the power [MTY] of wicked [people]. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to destroy me [SYN].
Preserve me, YHWH, from the hands of the wicked, Keep me from one of violence, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.
5 [It is as though] proud people have set a trap for me; [it is as though] they have spread their nets to catch me; [it is as though] they have put those things along the road to catch/seize me.
The proud hid a snare for me—and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, They have set snares for me. (Selah)
6 I say to you, “Yahweh, you are my God;” [so] listen to me while I cry out to you to help me.
I have said to YHWH, “You [are] my God, Hear, YHWH, the voice of my supplications.”
7 Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one who defends me strongly; you have [protected me] during battles [MET] [as though you had put a helmet on] my head.
O YHWH, my Lord, strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of armor.
8 Yahweh, do allow wicked [people] to do the things that they desire, and do not allow them to do the [evil things that] they plan to do.
Do not grant, O YHWH, the desires of the wicked, Do not bring forth his wicked scheme, They are high. (Selah)
9 [Do not allow] my enemies to (become proud/defeat me); cause the evil things that they say [MTY] they will do to me to happen to them, [instead].
The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covers them.
10 Cause burning coals to fall on their [heads]! Cause them to be thrown into deep pits, from which they cannot climb out!
They cause burning coals to fall on themselves, He casts them into fire, Into deep pits—they do not arise.
11 Do not allow those who slander others to succeed; cause evil things to happen to violent men and destroy them!
A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence—evil hunts to overflowing.
12 Yahweh, I know that you defend those who are oppressed, and that you do what is just/fair for those who are needy/poor.
I have known that YHWH executes The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.
13 Righteous [people] will surely thank you [MTY], and they will live (in your presence/with you).
Surely the righteous give thanks to Your Name, The upright dwell with Your presence!
