# Psalms 140

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

*For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.*

## Text

[1] Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men.
Protect me from men of violence, [2] who devise evil in their hearts
and stir up war all day long. [3] They sharpen their tongues like snakes;
the venom of vipers is on their lips.
Selah [4] Guard me, O LORD,
from the hands of the wicked.
Keep me safe from men of violence
who scheme to make me stumble. [5] The proud hide a snare for me;
the cords of their net are spread along the path,
and lures are set out for me.
Selah [6] I say to the LORD, “You are my God.”
Hear, O LORD, my cry for help. [7] O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
You shield my head in the day of battle. [8] Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked;
do not promote their evil plans,
lest they be exalted.
Selah [9] May the heads of those who surround me
be covered in the trouble their lips have caused. [10] May burning coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into the fire,
into the miry pits, never to rise again. [11] May no slanderer be established in the land;
may calamity hunt down the man of violence. [12] I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor
and defends the cause of the needy. [13] Surely the righteous will praise Your name;
the upright will dwell in Your presence.

## Each verse

- Psalms 140:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/1
- Psalms 140:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/2
- Psalms 140:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/3
- Psalms 140:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/4
- Psalms 140:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/5
- Psalms 140:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/6
- Psalms 140:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/7
- Psalms 140:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/8
- Psalms 140:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/9
- Psalms 140:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/10
- Psalms 140:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/11
- Psalms 140:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/12
- Psalms 140:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/140/13