Ps.140.1
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
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GOD, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people.
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Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence,
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Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men,
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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.
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who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
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Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war.
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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;
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Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet.
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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.
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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
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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
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The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way.
Ps.140.6
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
Ps.140.6
I prayed, "GOD, you're my God! Listen, GOD! Mercy!
Ps.140.6
O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God." Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy.
Ps.140.6
I said to the LORD: "You are my God; Hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
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I said to the LORD, "You are my God!" Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy!
Ps.140.7
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
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GOD, my Lord, Strong Savior, protect me when the fighting breaks out!
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O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle-
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O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle.
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O Sovereign LORD, my strong savior, you protected me on the day of battle.
Ps.140.8
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Ps.140.8
Don't let the wicked have their way, GOD, don't give them an inch!"
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do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah
Ps.140.8
Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not further his wicked scheme, Lest they be exalted.Selah
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LORD, do not give in to their evil desires. Do not let their evil schemes succeed, O God.
Ps.140.9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Ps.140.9
These troublemakers all around me--let them drown in their own verbal poison.
Ps.140.9
Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.
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"As for the head of those who surround me, Let the evil of their lips cover them;
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Let my enemies be destroyed by the very evil they have planned for me.
Ps.140.10
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Ps.140.10
Let God pile hellfire on them, let him bury them alive in crevasses!
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Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.
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Let burning coals fall upon them; Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
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Let burning coals fall down on their heads, or throw them into the fire, or into deep pits from which they can't escape.
Ps.140.11
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
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These loudmouths--don't let them be taken seriously; These savages--let the Devil hunt them down!
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Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.
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Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him."
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Don't let liars prosper here in our land. Cause disaster to fall with great force on the violent.
Ps.140.12
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Ps.140.12
I know that you, GOD, are on the side of victims, that you care for the rights of the poor.
Ps.140.12
I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
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I know that the LORD will maintain The cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor.
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But I know the LORD will surely help those they persecute; he will maintain the rights of the poor.
Ps.140.13
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Ps.140.13
And I know that the righteous personally thank you, that good people are secure in your presence.
Ps.140.13
Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.
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Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; The upright shall dwell in Your presence.
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Surely the godly are praising your name, for they will live in your presence.
