140:4 Keep me out of their power. Preserve me from their violence, for they are plotting against me.
140:5 These proud men have set a trap to catch me, a noose to yank me up and leave me dangling in the air; they wait in ambush with a net to throw over and hold me helpless in its meshes.
140:6 O Jehovah, my Lord and Savior, my God and my shield—hear me as I pray! Don’t let these wicked men succeed; don’t let them prosper and be proud.
140:7 O Jehovah, my Lord and Savior, my God and my shield—hear me as I pray! Don’t let these wicked men succeed; don’t let them prosper and be proud.
140:8 O Jehovah, my Lord and Savior, my God and my shield—hear me as I pray! Don’t let these wicked men succeed; don’t let them prosper and be proud.
140:9 Let their plots boomerang! Let them be destroyed by the very evil they have planned for me.
140:10 Let burning coals fall down upon their heads, or throw them into the fire or into deep pits from which they can’t escape.
140:11 Don’t let liars prosper here in our land; quickly punish them.
140:12 But the Lord will surely help those they persecute; he will maintain the rights of the poor.
140:13 Surely the godly are thanking you, for they shall live in your presence.
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