To the chief musician, a psalm of David
140:Title This is similar to such Psalms as 7,10,11,17,58,64,71. David was often troubled by evil men and often prayed about them.⚜
140
📚Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man,
protect me from the violent man,
2 📚Who plot evil things in
their heart;
they continually gather
together for war 📖.
3 📚They have sharpened their
tongues like a serpent’s.
The poison of vipers is under
their lips. Selah
4 📚Keep me, O LORD, from the
hands of the wicked,
protect me from the violent man,
who intends to overthrow
my footsteps.
5 📚The proud have hidden
a snare for me,
and cords;
they have spread a net
by the wayside;
they have set traps for me. Selah
6 📚I said to the LORD, “You are my God”.
Hear the sound of my
supplications, O LORD.
7 📚O God the Lord, the strength
of my salvation,
you have shielded my head
in the day of battle.
8 📚O LORD, do not grant the desires 📖
of the wicked.
Do not further his wicked plan,
or they will exalt
themselves 📖. Selah
9 📚As for the head of
those who surround me,
let the evil of their own lips cover
them.
10 📚Let burning coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into deep pits,
so that they will not get up again.
11 📚Do not let a slanderer be
established in the earth.
Let evil hunt down the violent man
to overthrow him.
140:9-11 He prays that perfect justice will fall on these violent and wicked slanderers. See Ps 137:8-9.⚜
12 📚I know that the LORD will
maintain the cause of the
afflicted,
and the right of the poor.
13 📚Surely the righteous will give
thanks to your name.
The upright will dwell in your
presence.