Psalms 140:7-12

⁷Lord God, my powerful Savior, you covered my head like a helmet on the day of battle.

⁸God, don't allow the wicked to get what they want—don't let them be successful in what they plan so they don't become proud. Selah.

⁹May the harm spoken against me by those who surround me fall back on them,

¹⁰Let burning coals rain down on them! Let them be thrown into the fire, or into bottomless pits, never to rise again.

¹¹Don't let people who slander others live in our land. May disaster strike down violent people.

¹²Yet I know the Lord defends the rights of those who are persecuted, and gives justice to the poor.