Psalms 140:1-11

¹For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Yahweh, rescue me from the wicked; preserve me from violent men.

²They plan evil in their hearts; they cause battles every day.

³Their tongues wound like serpents; vipers' poison is on their lips. Selah

⁴Keep me from the hands of the wicked, Yahweh; preserve me from violent men who plan to knock me over.

⁵The proud have set a trap for me; they have spread a net; they have set a snare for me. Selah

⁶I said to Yahweh, “You are my God; listen to my cries for mercy.”

⁷Yahweh, my Lord, you are powerfully able to save me; you shield my head in the day of battle.

⁸Yahweh, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let their plots succeed. Selah

⁹Those who surround me raise their heads; let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

¹⁰Let burning coals fall on them; throw them into the fire, into bottomless pits, never more to rise.

¹¹May men of tongues not be made secure on the earth; may evil hunt down the violent man to strike him dead.