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Who (A)think up evil things in their hearts;
They (B)continually stir up wars.
They (C)sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
(D)Poison of an asp is under their lips. [a]Selah.

(E)Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked;
(F)Guard me from violent men
Who [b]give thought to [c](G)trip up my steps.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:3 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  2. Psalm 140:4 Or devised
  3. Psalm 140:4 Lit push violently my steps