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Prayer for Protection against the Wicked.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
1 APs 17:13; 59:2; 71:4Rescue me, O Loʀᴅ, from evil men;
Preserve me from BPs 18:48; 86:14; 140:11violent men
2 Who APs 7:14; 36:4; 52:2; Prov 6:14; Is 59:4; Hos 7:15devise evil things in their hearts;
They BPs 56:6continually stir up wars.
3 They APs 57:4; 64:3sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
BPs 58:4; Rom 3:13; James 3:8Poison of a viper is under their lips. 1Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
 
4 APs 71:4Keep me, O Loʀᴅ, from the hands of the wicked;
BPs 140:1Preserve me from violent men
Who have 1Or devisedpurposed to 2Lit push violentlyCPs 36:11trip up my feet.
5 The proud have AJob 18:9; Ps 35:7; 141:9; 142:3hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a BPs 31:4; 57:6; Lam 1:13net by the 1Lit trackwayside;
They have set CPs 141:9; Is 8:14; Amos 3:5snares for me. Selah.
 
6 I APs 16:2; 31:14said to the Loʀᴅ, “You are my God;
BPs 143:1Give ear, O Loʀᴅ, to the CPs 116:1; 130:2voice of my supplications.
7 “O 1Heb YHWH, usually rendered LoʀᴅGoᴅ the Lord, APs 28:8; 118:14the strength of my salvation,
You have BPs 144:10covered my head in the day of 2Lit weaponsbattle.
8 “Do not grant, O Loʀᴅ, the APs 112:10desires of the wicked;
Do not promote BEsth 9:25; Ps 10:2, 3his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.
 
9 “As for the head of those who surround me,
May the APs 7:16; Prov 18:7mischief of their lips cover them.
10 “May APs 11:6burning coals fall upon them;
May they be BPs 21:9; Matt 3:10cast into the fire,
Into 1Lit waterydeep pits from which they CPs 36:12cannot rise.
11 “May a 1Lit man of tongueslanderer not be established in the earth;
APs 34:21May evil hunt the violent man 2Lit thrust upon thrustspeedily.”
 
12 I know that the Loʀᴅ will A1 Kin 8:45, 49; Ps 9:4; 18:27; 82:3maintain the cause of the afflicted
And BPs 12:5; 35:10justice for the poor.
13 Surely the APs 97:12righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The BPs 11:7; 16:11; 17:15upright will dwell in Your presence.

A140:1 Ps 17:13; 59:2; 71:4

B140:1 Ps 18:48; 86:14; 140:11

A140:2 Ps 7:14; 36:4; 52:2; Prov 6:14; Is 59:4; Hos 7:15

B140:2 Ps 56:6

A140:3 Ps 57:4; 64:3

B140:3 Ps 58:4; Rom 3:13; James 3:8

1140:3 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude

A140:4 Ps 71:4

B140:4 Ps 140:1

1140:4 Or devised

2140:4 Lit push violently

C140:4 Ps 36:11

A140:5 Job 18:9; Ps 35:7; 141:9; 142:3

B140:5 Ps 31:4; 57:6; Lam 1:13

1140:5 Lit track

C140:5 Ps 141:9; Is 8:14; Amos 3:5

A140:6 Ps 16:2; 31:14

B140:6 Ps 143:1

C140:6 Ps 116:1; 130:2

1140:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Loʀᴅ

A140:7 Ps 28:8; 118:14

B140:7 Ps 144:10

2140:7 Lit weapons

A140:8 Ps 112:10

B140:8 Esth 9:25; Ps 10:2, 3

A140:9 Ps 7:16; Prov 18:7

A140:10 Ps 11:6

B140:10 Ps 21:9; Matt 3:10

1140:10 Lit watery

C140:10 Ps 36:12

1140:11 Lit man of tongue

A140:11 Ps 34:21

2140:11 Lit thrust upon thrust

A140:12 1 Kin 8:45, 49; Ps 9:4; 18:27; 82:3

B140:12 Ps 12:5; 35:10

A140:13 Ps 97:12

B140:13 Ps 11:7; 16:11; 17:15

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