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Psalm 140 - 141
Rescue Me, O Yahweh, from Evil Men
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men;
Guard me from violent men
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Who think up evil things in their hearts;
They continually stir up wars.
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They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of an asp is under their lips. Selah.
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Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked;
Guard me from violent men
Who give thought to trip up my steps.
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The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set snares for me. Selah.
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I said to Yahweh, “You are my God;
Give ear, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications.
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O Yahweh, O Lord, the strength of my salvation,
You have covered my head in the day of battle.
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Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked;
Do not promote his evil scheme, that they not be exalted. Selah.
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“As for the head of those who surround me,
May the trouble from their lips cover them.
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May burning coals be shaken out upon them;
May He cause them to fall into the fire,
Into bottomless pits from which they can never rise.
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May a slanderer not be established in the earth;
May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”
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I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause for the afflicted
And judgment for the needy.
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Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The upright will abide in Your presence.
My Prayer as Incense Before You
A Psalm of David.
O Yahweh, I call upon You; hasten to me!
Give ear to my voice when I call to You!
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May my prayer be established as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
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Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
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Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds in wickedness
With men who are workers of iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
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Let the righteous smite me in lovingkindness and reprove me;
It is oil upon the head;
Let not my head refuse it,
For still my prayer is against their evil deeds.
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Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
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As when one plows and splits open the earth,
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
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For my eyes are toward You, O Yahweh, O Lord;
In You I take refuge; do not pour out my soul to death.
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Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of workers of iniquity.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
As for myself—meanwhile, I am passing by.
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