Psalm 140 (New International Version)

Psalm 140

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

 ² who devise evil plans in their hearts
       and stir up war every day.

 ³ They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;
       the poison of vipers is on their lips.
       Selah

 ⁴ Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
       protect me from men of violence
       who plan to trip my feet.

 ⁵ Proud men have hidden a snare for me;
       they have spread out the cords of their net
       and have set traps for me along my path.
       Selah

 ⁶ O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God."
       Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy.

 ⁷ O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer,
       who shields my head in the day of battle-

 ⁸ do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD;
       do not let their plans succeed,
       or they will become proud.
       Selah

 ⁹ Let the heads of those who surround me
       be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

 ¹⁰ Let burning coals fall upon them;
       may they be thrown into the fire,
       into miry pits, never to rise.

 ¹¹ Let slanderers not be established in the land;
       may disaster hunt down men of violence.

 ¹² I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor
       and upholds the cause of the needy.

 ¹³ Surely the righteous will praise your name
       and the upright will live before you.