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10 Let burning coals fall upon them:
Let them be cast into the fire,
Into [a]deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
11 [b]An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth:
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And justice for the needy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:10 Or, floods
  2. Psalm 140:11 Hebrew A man of tongue.

10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,(A)
    into miry pits, never to rise.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.(B)

12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor(C)
    and upholds the cause(D) of the needy.(E)

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