Psalm 140:2

Tree of Life Version

Rescue me, Adonai, from the evil man. Protect me from the violent men—

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I am for shalom and thus I speak, but they are for war!

You destroy their offspring from earth, their seed from the children of men.

His mouth’s words are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and do good.

My friends and my companions stay away from my wound, and my kinsmen stand far off.

All day they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Deliver me from workers of iniquity. Rescue me from bloodthirsty men.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress—I will never be moved.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those promoting shalom have joy.

For their hearts are like an oven, as they wait in ambush. All night their anger smolders. In the morning it burns like a blazing fire.

Out of you has come a schemer of evil against Adonai, a counselor of Belial.