Psalms 140 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Psalm 140Prayer for Deliverance from EnemiesTo the leader. A Psalm of David.

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along the road they have set snares for me. Selah

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let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

10 Ps 11.6; 21.9; 36.12 Let burning coals fall on them!

Let them be flung into pits, no more to rise!

11 Ps 34.21 Do not let the slanderer be established in the land;

let evil speedily hunt down the violent!

12 Ps 9.4; 35.10 I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the needy

and executes justice for the poor.

13 Ps 11.7; 97.12 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name;

the upright shall live in your presence.