Prayer for Protection against the Wicked.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

140 (A)Rescue me, Lord, from evil people;
Protect me from (B)violent men

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Psalm 140[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

Rescue me,(A) Lord, from evildoers;
    protect me from the violent,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:1 In Hebrew texts 140:1-13 is numbered 140:2-14.

(A)Keep me, Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
(B)Protect me from violent men
Who [a]intend to [b](C)trip up my feet.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:4 Or devise
  2. Psalm 140:4 Lit push

Keep me safe,(A) Lord, from the hands of the wicked;(B)
    protect me from the violent,
    who devise ways to trip my feet.

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11 May a [a]slanderer not endure on the earth;
(A)May evil hunt a violent person [b]violently.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:11 Lit man of tongue
  2. Psalm 140:11 Lit blow upon blow

11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.(A)

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