UST PSA Chapter 140

140 This is a note to the worship leader: this psalm.

1 Yahweh, please save me from evil people;

protect me from people who want to attack me.

2 They are always planning how to do evil things,

and every day they provoke fights.

3 They say things to people that hurt them;

what comes from their mouths is as deadly as the venom of a viper. Selah

4 Yahweh, protect me from wicked people who want to harm me;

keep me safe from violent people

who have planned to destroy me.

5 Proud people are trying to destroy me.

It is as though they have hidden a snare for me;

It is as though they have spread out a net along my path;

It is as though they have set traps to catch me. Selah

6 I say to you, “Yahweh, you are my God.”

Yahweh, please listen to me as I plead with you to help me!

7 Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one who powerfully saves me;

you have protected me during battles as though you had covered my head with a helmet.

8 Yahweh, do not give wicked people what they want;

do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah

9 As for the leaders of those who surround me,

let the harmful things that they have said to others happen to them.

10 Pour burning coals on them!

Throw them into a fire!

Throw them into deep holes from which they will never get out!

11 Yahweh, please do not allow people who slander others to prosper in this land;

Cause evil things to continually happen to violent people and destroy them.

12 Yahweh, I know that you do what is just

and right for poor people.

13 People who do what is right will surely thank you,

and they will live with you.