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Psalms
Chapter
140
1-2~~To
the chief musician, a psalm of David.
Deliver
me, O JEHOVAH,
from
the evil man {bloodthirsty evil nations};
preserve
me from the violent man {criminals within the nation} 2~~
who
devise evil things in their right lobes/hearts . . .
They
{both types} constantly stir up war {war and violence}.
3~~
They have sharpened their tongues
like
an Egyptian Cobra
and
the venom of the Cobra is under their lips.
Selah
{bitterness in the soul is like Cobra venom}.
4
Keep me, O JEHOVAH, from the hands of the wicked.
Preserve
me from the lawless men
whose
scheme to make me fall.
5
Arrogant men laid traps with ropes for me.
They
spread out a net along the way.
They
set snares for me. Selah.
6
I said unto JEHOVAH, You are my EL {God}.
give
ear, O JEHOVAH to my pleas for mercy.
7
O JEHOVAH, my LORD/ADONAY {'Adonay}
the
strength of my salvation,
you
have protected my head in the day of battle.
8
Grant not, O JEHOVAH, the desires of the wicked.
Do
not let their plan succeed,
else
they be exalted
{ruwm - 'Build an Edification Complex of the Soul'}.
Selah.
9
May the heads of those who beset me
be
covered with the mischief of their lips.
10
May coals of fire drop down upon them,
and
they be cast into pits,
never
to rise again.
11
Let slanders have no place in the land.
Let
the evil of the lawless man drive him into corrals.
12
I know that JEHOVAH
will
champion the cause of the poor,
the
right of the needy.
13
Righteous men shall surely praise Your name,
the
upright shall dwell in Your presence.
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