Psalm 140

Legacy Standard Bible

^4 (G)Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked;
^(H)Guard me from violent men
Who ^[b]give thought to ^[c](I)trip up my steps.
⁵ The proud have ^(J)hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a ^(K)net by the ^[d]wayside;
They have set ^(L)snares for me. Selah.

⁶ I ^(M)said to Yahweh, “You are my God;
^(N)Give ear, O Yahweh, to the ^(O)voice of my supplications.
⁷ O Yahweh, O Lord, ^(P)the strength of my salvation,
You have ^(Q)covered my head in the day of ^[e]battle.
⁸ Do not grant, O Yahweh, the ^(R)desires of the wicked;
Do not promote ^(S)his evil ^[f]scheme, that they not be exalted. Selah.

⁹ “As for the head of those who surround me,
May the ^(T)trouble from their lips cover them.
¹⁰ May ^(U)burning coals be shaken out upon them;
May He ^(V)cause them to fall into the fire,
Into ^[g]bottomless pits from which they ^(W)can never rise.
¹¹ May a ^[h]slanderer not be established in the earth;
^(X)May evil hunt the violent man ^[i]speedily.”

¹² I know that Yahweh will ^(Y)maintain the cause for the afflicted
And ^(Z)judgment for the needy.
¹³ Surely the ^(AA)righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The ^(AB)upright will abide in Your presence.