They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: [a]adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

Keep [b]me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the cruel man, which purposeth to cause my steps to slide.

The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net with cords in my pathway, and set gins for me. Selah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:3 He showeth what weapons the wicked use, when power and force fail them.
  2. Psalm 140:4 He declareth what is the remedy of the godly, when they are oppressed by the worldlings.

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