Psalms 140:1-6

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

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

³They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.

⁴Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.

⁵The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.

⁶Therefore I saide vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare, O Lord, the voyce of my prayers.