Psalms 140:1-2 in English

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man:

² Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

¹ A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee.

² Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

² Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

² Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

¹ (141) A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you.

² Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:

² Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually do they gather themselves together for war.

¹ Yahweh, rescue/save me from being attacked by evil men; and even more, ◄keep me safe/protect me► from being attacked by violent people.

² They are always planning to do evil things and they are always inciting/urging people to start quarrels.

¹ (141) A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you.

² Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:

² those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:

² those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:

² those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

¹ To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

² For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

¹ To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:

² Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war.

¹ I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.

² Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

¹ For the music director. A psalm of David. Lord, please save me from those who do evil; protect me especially from those who are violent!

² Their minds are busy plotting evil things, stirring up trouble all day long.

¹ To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the cruel man:

² Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.

¹ (140-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (140-2) Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man;

² (140-3) Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars.

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: Preserve me from the violent man;

² Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; Continually are they gathered together for war.

¹ “To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (140:2) Deliver me, O Lord, from an evil man; from a man of violence do thou keep me;

² (140:3) Who think over evil resolves in their heart, who every day are gathered together for war.

¹ A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: Attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee.

² Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; The lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.

¹ “For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Deliver me, O LORD! from the evil man, Save me from the man of violence,

² Who meditate mischief in their heart, And daily stir up war!

¹ Rescue me, Lord, from evil people; from the violent guard me

² from those who plot evil in their heart, and stir up war continually:

¹ Rescue me, Lord, from evil people; from the violent guard me

² from those who plot evil in their heart, and stir up war continually:

¹ Deliver me, Adonai , from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

² those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

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

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

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:

² those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:

² those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

² Who imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they assembled for war.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:

² those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men:

² those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

¹ To victory, the psalm of David. Lord, deliver thou me from an evil man; deliver thou me from a wicked man.

² Which thought wickednesses in the heart; all day they ordained battles.

¹ To victory, the psalm of David. Lord, deliver thou me from an evil man; deliver thou me from a wicked man. (For the choirmaster, a song by David. Lord, save thou me from evil people; yea, save thou me from violent, or wicked, people.)

² Which thought wickednesses in the heart; all day they ordained battles. (Who always think in their hearts about doing wicked things; who plan out battles all day long or day after day.)

¹ To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.

² Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble for wars.