Psalm 140:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Protect me, LORD, from cruel and brutal enemies, who want to destroy me.

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I have followed you, without ever stumbling.

Don't let those proud and merciless people kick me around or chase me away.

You love to say cruel things, and your words are a trap.

that refuses to listen to the snake charmer.

Come and save me, LORD God, from vicious and cruel and brutal enemies!

It's wrong to favour the guilty and keep the innocent from getting justice.