When those who surround me rise up,[a]
may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.(A)
10 Let hot coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into the abyss, never again to rise.(B)
11 Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.
Let evil relentlessly[b] hunt down a violent man.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:9 Lit Head of those who surround me
  2. Psalm 140:11 Hb obscure

Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.(A)
10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,(B)
    into miry pits, never to rise.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.(C)

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