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Psalm 140 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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A Psalm of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Deliver me, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, from evildoers;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">protect me from those who are violent,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>who plan evil things in their minds</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and stir up wars continually.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>They make their tongue sharp as a snake’s,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and under their lips is the venom of vipers.<i><span class="selah">Selah</span></i></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Guard me, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, from the hands of the wicked;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">protect me from the violent</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">who have planned my downfall.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>The arrogant have hidden a trap for me,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and with cords they have spread a net,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18339a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">along the road they have set snares for me.<i><span class="selah">Selah</span></i></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>I say to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, “You are my God;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">give ear, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, to the voice of my supplications.”</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, my Lord, my strong deliverer,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">you have covered my head in the day of battle.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Do not grant, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, the desires of the wicked;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">do not further their evil plot.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18342b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span><i><span class="selah">Selah</span></i></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>Those who surround me lift up their heads;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18343c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>Let burning coals fall on them!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">Let them be flung into pits, no more to rise!</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Do not let the slanderer be established in the land;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">let evil speedily hunt down the violent!</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>I know that the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> maintains the cause of the needy,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and executes justice for the poor.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the upright shall live in your presence.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 140:5">Psalm 140:5</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>they have spread cords as a net</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 140:8">Psalm 140:8</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb adds <i>they are exalted</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 140:9">Psalm 140:9</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn Compare Gk: Heb <i>those who surround me are uplifted in head</i>; Heb divides verses 8 and 9 differently</span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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