Psalms 140

1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the cruel man:

in finem psalmus David eripe me Domine ab homine malo a viro iniquo eripe me

2 Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.

qui cogitaverunt iniquitates in corde tota die constituebant proelia

3 They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. (Selah)

acuerunt linguam suam sicut serpentis venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum diapsalma

4 Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.

custodi me Domine de manu peccatoris ab hominibus iniquis eripe me qui cogitaverunt subplantare gressus meos

5 The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. (Selah)

absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi et funes extenderunt in laqueum iuxta iter scandalum posuerunt mihi diapsalma

6 Therefore I saide vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare, O Lord, the voyce of my prayers.

dixi Domino Deus meus es tu exaudi Domine vocem deprecationis meae

7 O Lord God the strength of my saluation, thou hast couered mine head in the day of battel.

Domine Domine virtus salutis meae obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli

8 Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. (Selah)

non tradas Domine desiderio meo peccatori cogitaverunt contra me ne derelinquas me ne forte exaltentur diapsalma

9 As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.

caput circuitus eorum labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos

10 Let coles fal vpon them: let him cast them into the fire, and into the deepe pits, that they rise not.

cadent super eos carbones in igne deicies eos in miseriis non subsistent

11 For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.

vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra virum iniustum mala capient in interitu

12 I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.

cognovi quia faciet Dominus iudicium inopis et vindictam pauperum

13 Surely the righteous shall prayse thy Name, and the iust shall dwell in thy presence.

verumtamen iusti confitebuntur nomini tuo habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo