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Psalm 140:8-10
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8 Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
    do not further their evil plot.[a] Selah(A)

9 Those who surround me lift up their heads;[b]
    let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!(B)
10 Let burning coals fall on them!
    Let them be flung into pits, no more to rise!(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 140.8 Heb adds they are exalted
  2. 140.9 Cn: Heb those who surround me are uplifted in head
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