Psalm 140:1-3

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To the Music Director: A Davidic Song

A Prayer for Deliverance

140 ^[a]Deliver me, Lord, from evil people,
    preserve me from violent men,
²who craft evil plans in their minds,
    inciting wars every day.^[b]
³They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
    the venom of vipers is on their lips.
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Psalm 140:1 V.1 is v. 2 in MT, and so throughout the chapter.
Psalm 140:2 Lit. all day; LXX DSS 11QPs^a read all the day

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Psalm 140:1-3 International Standard Version

To the Music Director: A Davidic Song

A Prayer for Deliverance

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Psalm 140:1-3

International Standard Version