When those who surround me rise up,[a]
may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.(A)
10 Let hot coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into the abyss, never again to rise.(B)
11 Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.
Let evil relentlessly[b] hunt down a violent man.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 140:9 Lit Head of those who surround me
  2. 140:11 Hb obscure

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