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Psalm 140:1

The Scriptures 1998

Rescue me, O יהוה, from men of evil; Preserve me from men of violence,

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“Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily.”

Guard me, O יהוה, from the hands of the wrong; Guard me from a man of violence, Who have schemed to trip up my steps.

Arise, O יהוה, Confront him, cause him to bend; Deliver my being from the wrong by Your sword,

My deliverer from my enemies. You lift me up above those who rise against me; You deliver me from a man of violence.

Rule me rightly, O Elohim, And plead my cause against a nation without kindness. Oh, deliver me from a man of deceit and unrighteousness!

Rescue me, O my Elohim, Out of the hand of the wrong, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel.