10 May (A)burning coals fall upon them;
May they be (B)cast into the fire,
Into bottomless pits from which they (C)cannot rise.
11 May a [a]slanderer not endure on the earth;
(D)May evil hunt a violent person [b]violently.”

12 I know that the Lord will (E)maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And (F)justice for the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:11 Lit man of tongue
  2. Psalm 140:11 Lit blow upon blow

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