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They make their tongues sharp as a snake’s.
    Their words are like snake poison. Selah

Lord, guard me from the power of wicked people.
    Save me from cruel men
    who plan to trip me up.
Proud men have hidden a trap for me.
    They have spread out a net beside the road.
    They have set traps for me. Selah

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They make their tongues as sharp as(A) a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers(B) is on their lips.[a]

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.