Psalms 140 · Rescue Me from Evil Men

1For the leader. A psalm of David.

2Rescue me, O ETERNAL One, from evildoers;save me from lawless opponents,

3whose minds are full of evil schemes,who plot war every day.

4They sharpen their tongues like serpents;spiders’ poison is on their lips. Selah.

5O ETERNAL One, keep me out of the clutches of the wicked;save me from lawless opponentswho scheme to make me fall.

6Arrogant ones laid traps with ropes for me;they spread out a net along the way;they set snares for me. Selah.

7I said to GOD: You are my God;give ear, O ETERNAL One, to my pleas for mercy.

8O GOD, my Sovereign, the strength of my deliverance,You protected my head on the day of battle.

9O ETERNAL One, do not grant the desires of the wicked;do not let their plan succeed,else they be exalted. Selah.

10May the heads of those who beset mebe covered with the mischief of their lips.

11May coals of fire drop down upon them,and they be cast into pits, never to rise again.

12Let slanderers have no place in the land;let the evil of the lawless drive them into corrals.

13I know that GOD will championthe cause of the poor, the right of the needy.

14The righteous shall surely praise Your name;the upright shall dwell in Your presence.