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    Psalms 140

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    The men who sharpen their tongues like snakes discover that their own lips may furnish the trouble covering their heads.

    A net along the pathvv. 1–8

    David asks the LORD to rescue and guard him from men who devise evil, stir up war, and scheme to make him stumble. Their snares, cords, nets, and lures are laid out with almost fussy thoroughness; even their tongues have been sharpened into weapons. David answers this menace by naming the LORD as his God and the strength of his salvation, asking that the wicked man's desires and plans not be promoted.

    The lips answer for themselvesvv. 9–13

    The prayer turns upon those who surround David: the trouble caused by their lips is asked to cover their own heads. Burning coals, fire, and miry pits follow, while the slanderer is denied a settled place in the land and calamity hunts the man of violence. Then the psalm leaves the enemies behind and rests on the LORD's justice for the poor and needy, ending with the righteous praising the name of the LORD and the upright dwelling in his presence.

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    1. Ps 140:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,

    2. Ps 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.

    3. Ps 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

    4. Ps 140:4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

    5. Ps 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

    6. Ps 140:6I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.

    7. Ps 140:7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.

    8. Ps 140:8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

    9. Ps 140:9May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

    10. Ps 140:10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.

    11. Ps 140:11May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

    12. Ps 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

    13. Ps 140:13Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 12Psalms 9:4For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
    • 1Psalms 18:48who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
    • 1Psalms 71:4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
    • 1Psalms 140:4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
    • 8Psalms 10:2–3In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
    • 10Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
    • 121 Kings 8:49then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
    • 1Habakkuk 1:2–3How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
    • 7Psalms 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
    • 12Proverbs 23:10–11Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
    • 121 Kings 8:45then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
    • 1Psalms 140:11May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
    • 1Psalms 17:13Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
    • 3Psalms 58:4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
    • 4Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
    • 5Psalms 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

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