Scripture Reading

Ps.140.1-Ps.140.5

Ps.140.1-Ps.140.5

Ps.140.1

Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Ps.140.1

GOD, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people.

Ps.140.1

Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence,

Ps.140.1

Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men,

Ps.140.1

O LORD, rescue me from evil people. Preserve me from those who are violent,

Ps.140.2

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Ps.140.2

All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games.

Ps.140.2

who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.

Ps.140.2

Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war.

Ps.140.2

those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long.

Ps.140.3

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Ps.140.3

They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill.

Ps.140.3

They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Ps.140.3

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips.Selah

Ps.140.3

Their tongues sting like a snake; the poison of a viper drips from their lips.

Ps.140.4

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Ps.140.4

GOD, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, protect me from these vicious people;

Ps.140.4

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet.

Ps.140.4

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men, Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.

Ps.140.4

O LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from those who are violent, for they are plotting against me.

Ps.140.5

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.

Ps.140.5

Stuffed with self-importance, they plot ways to trip me up, determined to bring me down. These crooks invent traps to catch me and do their best to incriminate me.

Ps.140.5

Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. Selah

Ps.140.5

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

Ps.140.5

The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way.