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Panalangin Upang Ingatan ng Diyos

Isang Awit na katha ni David upang awitin ng Punong Mang-aawit.

140 Sa mga masama ako ay iligtas,
    iligtas mo, Yahweh, sa mga marahas;
sila'y nagpaplano at kanilang hangad
    palaging mag-away, magkagulo lahat.
Mabagsik(A) ang dila na tulad ng ahas,
    tulad ng ulupong, taglay na kamandag. (Selah)[a]

Sa mga masama ako ay iligtas;
    iligtas mo, Yahweh, sa mga marahas,
    na ang nilalayon ako ay ibagsak.
Taong mga hambog, ang gusto sa akin,
    ako ay masilo, sa bitag hulihin,
    sa bitag na umang sa aking landasin. (Selah)[b]

Sabi ko kay Yahweh, “Ikaw ang aking Diyos.”
    Kaya ako'y dinggin sa aking pagdulog.
Panginoong Yahweh, na Tagapagligtas,
    nang ako'y lusubin, ikaw ang nag-ingat.
Taong masasama, sa kanilang hangad
    ay iyong hadlangan, biguin mo agad. (Selah)[c]

Ang mga kaaway, huwag pagtagumpayin,
    pagdusahin sila sa banta sa akin.
10 Bagsakan mo sila ng apoy na baga,
    itapon sa hukay nang di makaalsa.
11 At ang mga taong gawai'y mangutya, huwag pagtagumpayin sa kanilang nasa;
    ang marahas nama'y bayaang mapuksa.

12 Batid ko, O Yahweh, iyong papanigan ang mga mahirap, upang isanggalang,
    at pananatilihin ang katarungan.
13 Ang mga matuwid magpupuring tunay,
    ika'y pupurihi't sa iyo mananahan!

Footnotes

  1. 3 SELAH: Tingnan ang Awit 3:2.
  2. 5 SELAH: Tingnan ang Awit 3:2.
  3. 8 SELAH: Tingnan ang Awit 3:2.

This is a song that David wrote.

It is for the music leader.

Please help me, Lord

140 Lord, please save me from evil people.
    Keep me safe from people who like to attack others.
They think of evil ideas to hurt people.
    They only want to cause trouble!
Their words hurt people,
    like the tongue of a snake.
They bite with poison,
    like a dangerous snake.
Selah
Lord, keep me safe from the power of wicked people.
    Keep me safe from violent people who want to attack me.
Proud people have prepared a trap to catch me.
    They have put their nets across my path.[a]
Selah.
Lord, I say to you, ‘You are my God.’
    Lord, hear my prayer for help!
Lord, my Lord, you are my strong helper.
    You keep me safe when I fight in a battle.
Lord, do not let wicked people do what they want to do.
    Stop them when they prepare to attack.
Selah.
Give trouble to the people who come round me to attack!
Let the bad things that they say against me
    happen to them instead![b]
10 Drop burning coals on them like rain!
    Throw those people into the fire!
Let them fall into deep holes that they cannot get out of!
11 People who tell cruel lies should not live in our land.
Trouble will happen to people who like to fight.
    Bad trouble will knock them down!
12 I know that the Lord helps poor people.
    He makes sure that they receive justice.
13 Your righteous people will always praise you.
    Good, honest people will live near to you.

Footnotes

  1. 140:5 People used traps and nets to catch animals and birds. These bad people wanted to catch David. It is like they hid their traps and nets to catch him.
  2. 140:9 David is praying. He wants the trouble that he has to go to his enemies instead.

Psalm 140[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

Rescue me,(A) Lord, from evildoers;
    protect me from the violent,(B)
who devise evil plans(C) in their hearts
    and stir up war(D) every day.
They make their tongues as sharp as(E) a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers(F) is on their lips.[b]

Keep me safe,(G) Lord, from the hands of the wicked;(H)
    protect me from the violent,
    who devise ways to trip my feet.
The arrogant have hidden a snare(I) for me;
    they have spread out the cords of their net(J)
    and have set traps(K) for me along my path.

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”(L)
    Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.(M)
Sovereign Lord,(N) my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.
Do not grant the wicked(O) their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.(P)
10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,(Q)
    into miry pits, never to rise.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.(R)

12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor(S)
    and upholds the cause(T) of the needy.(U)
13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,(V)
    and the upright will live(W) in your presence.(X)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:1 In Hebrew texts 140:1-13 is numbered 140:2-14.
  2. Psalm 140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.

140 Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.

O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.