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href="../psalms/139.htm" title="Psalm 139">◄</a> Psalm 140 <a href="../psalms/141.htm" title="Psalm 141">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/140.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="d">For the choir director: A psalm of David.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O LORD, rescue me from evil people.</p><p class="line2">Protect me from those who are violent,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>those who plot evil in their hearts</p><p class="line2">and stir up trouble all day long.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Their tongues sting like a snake;</p><p class="line2">the venom of a viper drips from their lips.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>O LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked.</p><p class="line2">Protect me from those who are violent,</p><p class="line2">for they are plotting against me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The proud have set a trap to catch me;</p><p class="line2">they have stretched out a net;</p><p class="line2">they have placed traps all along the way.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I said to the LORD, “You are my God!”</p><p class="line2">Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>O Sovereign LORD, the strong one who rescued me,</p><p class="line2">you protected me on the day of battle.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>LORD, do not let evil people have their way.</p><p class="line2">Do not let their evil schemes succeed,</p><p class="line2">or they will become proud.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let my enemies be destroyed</p><p class="line2">by the very evil they have planned for me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Let burning coals fall down on their heads.</p><p class="line2">Let them be thrown into the fire</p><p class="line2">or into watery pits from which they can’t escape.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Don’t let liars prosper here in our land.</p><p class="line2">Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But I know the LORD will help those they persecute;</p><p class="line2">he will give justice to the poor.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/140-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Surely righteous people are praising your name;</p><p class="line2">the godly will live in your presence.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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