# Psalm 140

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/140

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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*For the choir director. A psalm of David.*

1. Rescue me, Yahweh, from evil people; protect me from the violent,
2. who plan evil things in their hearts and stir up wars every day.
3. They make their tongues as sharp as a snake’s; the venom of vipers is under their lips. Selah.
4. Guard me, Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who plan to trip up my feet.
5. The proud have hidden a trap for me; they have spread out the cords of a net beside the path; they have set snares for me. Selah.
6. I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen, Yahweh, to the sound of my pleas for mercy.
7. Yahweh, my Lord, my strong salvation, you have shielded my head on the day of battle.
8. Do not grant, Yahweh, the desires of the wicked; do not let their plot succeed, or they will exalt themselves. Selah.
9. As for the heads of those who surround me, may the trouble their own lips have spoken cover them.
10. May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.
11. Do not let slanderers be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent and drive them down.
12. I know that Yahweh will uphold the cause of the afflicted and justice for the needy.
13. Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name; the upright will live in your presence.

## Nearby chapters

[Psalm 139](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/139.md)
[Psalm 141](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/141.md)

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