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Do not grant, O Yahweh, the (A)desires of the wicked;
Do not promote (B)his evil [a]scheme, that they not be exalted. Selah.

“As for the head of those who surround me,
May the (C)trouble from their lips cover them.
10 May (D)burning coals be shaken out upon them;
May He (E)cause them to fall into the fire,
Into [b]bottomless pits from which they (F)can never rise.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:8 Or plan
  2. Psalm 140:10 Lit watery

Do not grant the wicked(A) their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.(B)
10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,(C)
    into miry pits, never to rise.

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