Psalms 140 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 [For the choir leader; a psalm by David.] Rescue me from evil people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people. Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, For the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,
2 They plan evil things in their hearts. They start fights every day. who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually. who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
3 They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's [fang]. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. [Selah] They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
4 Protect me from the hands of wicked people, O LORD. Keep me safe from violent people. They try to trip me. Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet. Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.
5 Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road. [Selah] The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.
6 I said to the LORD, |You are my God.| O LORD, open your ears to hear my plea for pity. I say to the LORD, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD! I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy.
7 O LORD Almighty, the strong one who saves me, you have covered my head in the day of battle. O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
8 O LORD, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, [or] they will become arrogant. [Selah] Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.
9 Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats. As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them! Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
10 Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into a pit, never to rise again. Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise! May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.
11 Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another. Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily! May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.
12 I know that the LORD will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy. I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy. I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
13 Indeed, righteous people will give thanks to your name. Decent people will live in your presence. Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence. Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence.
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