140:1 |
tNIV | Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence, | Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men evildoers; protect me from men of violence the violent, | Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men evildoers; protect me from men of violence the violent, |
140:3 |
tNIV | They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah | They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah | They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah |
140:4 |
tNIV | Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet. | Keep me safe, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence the violent, who plan devise ways to trip my feet. | Keep me safe, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence the violent, who plan devise ways to trip my feet. |
140:5 |
tNIV | 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 | Proud men The arrogant 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 | Proud men The arrogant 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 |
140:6 |
tNIV | O LORD, I say to you, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy. | O LORD, I say to you the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy. | O LORD, I say to you the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy. |
140:7 |
tNIV | O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle— | O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields you shield my head in the day of battle—. | O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields you shield my head in the day of battle—. |
140:8 |
tNIV | do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah | do Do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah | do Do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah |
140:9 |
tNIV | Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused. | Let the heads of those Those who surround me be covered with proudly rear their heads; may the trouble mischief of their lips have caused engulf them. | Let the heads of those Those who surround me be covered with proudly rear their heads; may the trouble mischief of their lips have caused engulf them. |
140:10 |
tNIV | Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. | Let May burning coals fall upon on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. | Let May burning coals fall upon on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. |
140:11 |
tNIV | Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence. | Let May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence the violent. | Let May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence the violent. |
140:13 |
tNIV | Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you. | Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live before you in your presence. | Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live before you in your presence. |