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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Coverdale Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Coverdale Bible</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Coverdale Bible of 1535</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/140-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Rescue Me from Evil Men<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Delyuer me (o LORDE) from the euell men, oh preserue me from the wicked men.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes, & stere vp strife all the daye longe.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They sharpen their tonges like a serpent, Adders poyson is vnder their lippes.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Sela. Kepe me (o LORDE) from the hande of the vngodly, preserue me from the wicked men, which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The proude haue layed a snare for me, & spred a nett abrode with coardes, yee & sett trappes in my waye.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Sela. But my sayenge is vnto the LORDE: thou art my God, heare the voyce of my prayer o LORDE.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>O LORDE God, thou strength of my health, thou hast couered my heade in ye daye of battayll.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let not ye vngodly haue his desyre (o LORDE) let him not haue his purpose, lest they be to proude.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Sela. Let the myschefe of their owne lippes fall vpon ye head of the, yt copase me aboute.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Let hote burnynge coales fall vpo the, let the be cast in to the fyre, and in to the pytt, that they neuer ryse vp agayne.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth: a malicious & wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Sure I am, that the LORDE wil auenge the poore, and manteyne the cause of the helplesse.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The rightuous also shal geue thakes vnto thy name, & the iust shal continue in thy sight.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Coverdale Bible of 1535<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/139.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 139"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 139" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/141.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 141"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 141" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>