Psalm 140-141 New American Standard Bible
Prayer for Protection against the Wicked.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
140 (A)Rescue me, Lord, from evil people;
Protect me from (B)violent men
2 Who (C)devise evil things in their hearts;
They (D)continually stir up wars.
3 They (E)sharpen their tongues like a snake;
(F)The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah
4 (G)Keep me, Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
(H)Protect me from violent men
Who [a]intend to [b](I)trip up my feet.
5 The proud have (J)hidden a trap for me, and snares;
They have spread a (K)net at the [c]wayside;
They have set (L)snares for me. Selah
6 I (M)said to the Lord, “You are my God;
(N)Listen, Lord, to the (O)sound of my pleadings.
7 [d]God the Lord, (P)the strength of my salvation,
You have (Q)covered my head on the day of [e]battle.
8 Do not grant, Lord, the (R)desires of the wicked;
Do not bring about (S)his evil planning, so that they are not exalted. Selah
9 “As for the head of those who surround me,
May the (T)harm of their lips cover them.
10 May (U)burning coals fall upon them;
May they be (V)cast into the fire,
Into bottomless pits from which they (W)cannot rise.
11 May a [f]slanderer not endure on the earth;
(X)May evil hunt a violent person [g]violently.”
12 I know that the Lord will (Y)maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And (Z)justice for the poor.
13 Certainly the (AA)righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The (AB)upright will dwell in Your presence.
An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.
A Psalm of David.
141 Lord, I call upon You; (AC)hurry to me!
(AD)Listen to my voice when I call to You!
2 May my prayer be [h]counted as (AE)incense before You;
The (AF)raising of my hands as the (AG)evening offering.
3 Set a (AH)guard, Lord, [i]over my mouth;
Keep watch over the (AI)door of my lips.
4 (AJ)Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds [j]of wickedness
With people who (AK)do wrong;
And (AL)may I not taste their delicacies.
5 May the (AM)righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me;
It is (AN)oil for the head;
My head shall not refuse it,
For my prayer (AO)is still against their evil deeds.
6 Their judges are (AP)thrown down by the sides of the rock,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one (AQ)plows and breaks open the earth,
Our (AR)bones have been scattered at the (AS)mouth of [k]Sheol.
8 For my (AT)eyes are toward You, [l]God, the Lord;
In You I (AU)take refuge; (AV)do not [m]leave me defenseless.
9 Keep me from the [n](AW)jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the (AX)snares of those who do wrong.
10 May the wicked (AY)fall into their own nets,
While I pass by [o](AZ)safely.
Footnotes
- Psalm 140:4 Or devise
- Psalm 140:4 Lit push
- Psalm 140:5 Lit track
- Psalm 140:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Psalm 140:7 Lit weapons
- Psalm 140:11 Lit man of tongue
- Psalm 140:11 Lit blow upon blow
- Psalm 141:2 Lit fixed
- Psalm 141:3 Lit to
- Psalm 141:4 Lit in
- Psalm 141:7 I.e., the netherworld
- Psalm 141:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Psalm 141:8 Lit pour out my soul
- Psalm 141:9 Lit hands of the trap
- Psalm 141:10 Lit altogether
Cross references
- Psalm 140:1 : Ps 17:13; 59:2; 71:4
- Psalm 140:1 : Ps 18:48; 86:14; 140:11
- Psalm 140:2 : Ps 7:14; 36:4; 52:2; Prov 6:14; Is 59:4; Hos 7:15
- Psalm 140:2 : Ps 56:6
- Psalm 140:3 : Ps 57:4; 64:3
- Psalm 140:3 : Ps 58:4; Rom 3:13; James 3:8
- Psalm 140:4 : Ps 71:4
- Psalm 140:4 : Ps 140:1
- Psalm 140:4 : Ps 36:11
- Psalm 140:5 : Job 18:9; Ps 35:7; 141:9; 142:3
- Psalm 140:5 : Ps 31:4; 57:6; Lam 1:13
- Psalm 140:5 : Ps 141:9; Is 8:14; Amos 3:5
- Psalm 140:6 : Ps 16:2; 31:14
- Psalm 140:6 : Ps 143:1
- Psalm 140:6 : Ps 116:1; 130:2
- Psalm 140:7 : Ps 28:8; 118:14
- Psalm 140:7 : Ps 144:10
- Psalm 140:8 : Ps 112:10
- Psalm 140:8 : Esth 9:25; Ps 10:2, 3
- Psalm 140:9 : Ps 7:16; Prov 18:7
- Psalm 140:10 : Ps 11:6
- Psalm 140:10 : Ps 21:9; Matt 3:10
- Psalm 140:10 : Ps 36:12
- Psalm 140:11 : Ps 34:21
- Psalm 140:12 : 1 Kin 8:45, 49; Ps 9:4; 18:27; 82:3
- Psalm 140:12 : Ps 12:5; 35:10
- Psalm 140:13 : Ps 97:12
- Psalm 140:13 : Ps 11:7; 16:11; 17:15
- Psalm 141:1 : Ps 22:19; 38:22; 70:5
- Psalm 141:1 : Ps 5:1; 143:1
- Psalm 141:2 : Ex 30:8; Luke 1:10; Rev 5:8; 8:3, 4
- Psalm 141:2 : 1 Tim 2:8
- Psalm 141:2 : Ex 29:39, 41; 1 Kin 18:29, 36; Dan 9:21
- Psalm 141:3 : Ps 34:13; 39:1; Prov 13:3; 21:23
- Psalm 141:3 : Mic 7:5
- Psalm 141:4 : Ps 119:36
- Psalm 141:4 : Is 32:6; Hos 6:8; Mal 3:15
- Psalm 141:4 : Prov 23:6
- Psalm 141:5 : Prov 9:8; 19:25; 25:12; 27:6; Eccl 7:5; Gal 6:1
- Psalm 141:5 : Ps 23:5; 133:2
- Psalm 141:5 : Ps 35:14
- Psalm 141:6 : 2 Chr 25:12
- Psalm 141:7 : Ps 129:3
- Psalm 141:7 : Ps 53:5
- Psalm 141:7 : Num 16:32, 33; Ps 88:3-5
- Psalm 141:8 : Ps 25:15; 123:2
- Psalm 141:8 : Ps 2:12; 11:1
- Psalm 141:8 : Ps 27:9
- Psalm 141:9 : Ps 38:12; 64:5; 91:3; 119:110
- Psalm 141:9 : Ps 140:5
- Psalm 141:10 : Ps 7:15; 35:8; 57:6
- Psalm 141:10 : Ps 124:7
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