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A psalm of David. Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext3">For the choir director. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext4">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext5">For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. Rescue me, LORD, from evil men. Keep me safe from violent men </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Which imagine mischiefs in <i>their</i> heart; continually are they gathered together <i>for</i> war.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext5">who plan evil in their hearts. They stir up wars all day long. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext3">They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext4">They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison <i>is</i> under their lips. Selah.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext5">They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's bite; viper's venom is under their lips. Selah </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Protect me, LORD, from the clutches of the wicked. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to make me stumble. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/psalms/140.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/psalms/140.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/psalms/140.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/psalms/140.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/140.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext3">The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext4">The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The proud hide a trap with ropes for me; they spread a net along the path and set snares for me. Selah </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I say to the LORD, "You are my God." Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I say to the LORD, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD!</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext3">I said to the LORD, "You are my God; Give ear, O LORD, to the voice of my supplications.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext4">I said unto the LORD, Thou <i>art</i> my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext5">I say to the LORD, "You are my God." Listen, LORD, to my cry for help. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext4">O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Lord GOD, my strong Savior, You shield my head on the day of battle. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; <i>lest</i> they exalt themselves. Selah.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext5"> LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let them achieve their goals. Otherwise, they will become proud. Selah </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext4"><i>As for</i> the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext5">When those who surround me rise up, may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/psalms/140.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/psalms/140.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/psalms/140.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/psalms/140.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/140.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise!</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Let hot coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into the abyss, never again to rise. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow <i>him</i>.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext3">I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext4">I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, <i>and</i> the right of the poor.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext5">I know that the LORD upholds the just cause of the poor, justice for the needy. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/140-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will live in Your presence. </span></td></tr></table><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><br /><br /><br />THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com" target="_top">Biblica®</a>.<br /><br />ESV® Text Edition® (2016): The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv" target="_top">Crossway Bibles</a>.<br /><br />New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960 - 1995 by <a href="http://www.lockman.org" target="_top">The Lockman Foundation</a>.<br /><br />Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by <a href="http://www.bhpublishinggroup.com/" target="_top">Holman Bible Publishers</a>.<br /><br />King James Bible Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a> © 2012, Used by Permission.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>