Psalms 140:2-8

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

³By what they say MTY they injure people like poisonous snakes do; the words that they speak MTY can kill people as easily as cobras/vipers do.

⁴Yahweh, protect me from the power MTY of wicked people. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to destroy me SYN.

⁵It is as though proud people have set a trap for me; it is as though they have spread their nets to catch me; it is as though they have put those things along the road to catch/seize me.

⁶I say to you, “Yahweh, you are my God;” so listen to me while I cry out to you to help me.

⁷Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one who defends me strongly; you have protected me during battles MET as though you had put a helmet on my head.

⁸Yahweh, do allow wicked people to do the things that they desire, and do not allow them to do the evil things that they plan to do.