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They (A)sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
(B)Poison of an asp is under their lips. [a]Selah.

(C)Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked;
(D)Guard me from violent men
Who [b]give thought to [c](E)trip up my steps.
The proud have (F)hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a (G)net by the [d]wayside;
They have set (H)snares for me. Selah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:3 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  2. Psalm 140:4 Or devised
  3. Psalm 140:4 Lit push violently my steps
  4. Psalm 140:5 Lit track