Psalms 140:5-13

⁵The proud have hidden snares and cords for me; They have spread a net by the way-side; They have set traps for me.

⁶I say to Jehovah, Thou art my God; Hear, O Jehovah! the voice of my supplication!

⁷The Lord Jehovah is my saving strength: Thou shelterest my head in the day of battle!

⁸Grant not, O LORD! the desires of the wicked; Let not their devices prosper; Let them not exalt themselves!

⁹As for the heads of those who encompass me, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them!

¹⁰Let burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, And into deep waters from which they shall not arise!

¹¹The slanderer shall not be established upon the earth; Evil shall pursue the violent man to destruction.

¹²I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And the right of the poor.

¹³Yea, the righteous shall praise thy name; The upright shall dwell in thy presence!