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 Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.
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 an adder [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, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, 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, Snares they have set 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 Jehovah, 'My God [art] Thou, Hear, Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.
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.
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, 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 covereth 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 to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits — they arise not.
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 hunteth 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 Jehovah doth execute 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).
Only — the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!
