| 140:1 | Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; |
| 140:2 | Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. |
| 140:3 | They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. |
| 140:4 | Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. |
| 140:5 | The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. |
| 140:6 | I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. |
| 140:7 | O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. |
| 140:8 | Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. |
| 140:8 | 耶和華阿、求你不要遂惡人的心願．不要成就他們的計謀、恐怕他們自高。〔細拉〕 |
| 140:8 | 耶和华阿，求你不要遂恶人的心愿。不要成就他们的计谋，恐怕他们自高。（细拉） |
| psm:35:25 | Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. |
| psm:1:1 | Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. |
| psm:10:2 | The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. |
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| 140:9 | As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. |
| 140:10 | Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. |
| 140:11 | Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. |
| 140:12 | I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. |
| 140:13 | Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. |
