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  140:1 ¶
[[For the end, a Psalm of David.]] Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; deliver me from the unjust man. |
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140:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician,°°
A Psalm°
of David.]]°
Deliver°°
me, O Yahweh,°
from the evil°
man:°°
preserve°°
me from the violent°
man;°° |
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140:2
Who have devised injustice in their hearts; all the day they prepared war. |
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140:2
Which°
imagine°°
mischiefs°
in [their] heart;°
continually°°
are they gathered together°°
[for] war.° |
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140:3
They have sharpened their tongue as [the tongue] of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause. |
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140:3
They have sharpened°°
their tongues°
like°
a serpent;°
adders'°
poison°
[is] under°
their lips.°
Selah.° |
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140:4
Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; rescue me from unjust men; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. |
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140:4
Keep°°
me, O Yahweh,°
from the hands°°
of the wicked;°
preserve°°
me from the violent°
man;°°°
who°
have purposed°°
to overthrow°°
my goings.° |
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140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes [for] snares for my feet; they set a stumbling-block for me near the path. Pause. |
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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.° |
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140:6
I said to the Lord, Thou art my God; hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication. |
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140:6
I said°°
unto Yahweh,°
Thou°
[art] my El:°
hear°°
the voice°
of my supplications,°
O Yahweh.° |
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140:7
O Lord God, the strength of my salvation; thou hast screened my head in the day of battle. |
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140:7
O Yahweh°
Adonai,°
the strength°
of my salvation,°
thou hast covered°°
my head°
in the day°
of battle.° |
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140:8
Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised [mischief] against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause. |
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140:8
Grant°°
not,°
O Yahweh,°
the desires°
of the wicked:°
further°°
not°
his wicked device;°
[lest] they exalt°°
themselves. Selah.° |
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140:9
[As for] the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them. |
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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. |
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140:10
Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and thou shalt cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up [under them]. |
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140:10
Let burning coals°
fall°°°°
upon°
them: let them be cast°°
into the fire;°
into deep pits,°
that they rise°
not°
up again.°° |
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140:11
A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction. |
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140:11
Let not°
an evil speaker°°
be established°°
in the earth:°
evil°
shall hunt°°
the violent°
man°
to overthrow°
[him]. |
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140:12
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy ones. |
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140:12
I know°°
that°
Yahweh°
will maintain°°
the cause°
of the afflicted,°
[and] the right°
of the poor.° |
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140:13
Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. |
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140:13
Surely°
the righteous°
shall give thanks°°
unto thy name:°
the upright°
shall dwell°°°
in thy presence.° |
