Psalm 140:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

who plan evil things in their heart, and stir up wars continually.

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They band themselves together, they lurk, they watch my steps. As they have waited for my life,

He plots mischief while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he spurns not evil.

Did one not come out from you, who plotted evil against the Lord, and counseled villainy?

For like an oven their hearts burn with intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan good have joy.

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war!

How long will you set upon a man to shatter him, all of you, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.

If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

For lo, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men band themselves against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,