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From those who plan evil in their hearts,
    who stir up conflicts every day,
[a]Who sharpen their tongue like a serpent,
    venom of asps upon their lips.(A)
Selah

II

Keep me, Lord, from the clutches of the wicked;
    preserve me from the violent,
    who plot to trip me up.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 140:4 Similar metaphors for a wicked tongue are used in Ps 52:2; 55:20; 58:3.

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.