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10 May (A)burning coals be shaken out upon them;
May He (B)cause them to fall into the fire,
Into [a]bottomless pits from which they (C)can never rise.
11 May a [b]slanderer not be established in the earth;
(D)May evil hunt the violent man [c]speedily.”

12 I know that Yahweh will (E)maintain the cause for the afflicted
And (F)judgment for the needy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:10 Lit watery
  2. Psalm 140:11 Lit man of tongue
  3. Psalm 140:11 Lit thrust upon thrust