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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 140 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/psalms/140.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/140.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/140-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> > Psalm 140</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a 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">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For the Leader. A Psalm of David.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man;</div><div class="po2">Preserve me from the violent man;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Who devise evil things in their heart;</div><div class="po2">Every day do they stir up wars.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent;</div><div class="po2">Vipers’ venom is under their lips.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;</div><div class="po2">Preserve me from the violent man;</div><div class="po2">Who have purposed to make my steps slip.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;</div><div class="po2">They have spread a net by the wayside;</div><div class="po2">They have set gins for me.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I have said unto the LORD: ‘Thou art my God’;</div><div class="po2">Give ear, O LORD, unto the voice of my supplications.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation,</div><div class="po2">Who hast screened my head in the day of battle,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked;</div><div class="po2">Further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As for the head of those that compass me about,</div><div class="po2">Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Let burning coals fall upon them;</div><div class="po2">Let them be cast into the fire,</div><div class="po2">Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A slanderer shall not be established in the earth;</div><div class="po2">The violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the poor,</div><div class="po2">And the right of the needy.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto Thy name;</div><div class="po2">The upright shall dwell in Thy 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