Psalms 140:5-11
5
Proud men have hidden a snare for me;
they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path. Selah
6
O Lord, I say to you, “You are my God.”
Hear, O Lord, my cry for mercy.
7
O Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer,
who shields my head in the day of battle—
8
do not grant the wicked their desires, O Lord;
do not let their plans succeed,
or they will become proud. Selah
9
Let the heads of those who surround me
be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.
10
Let burning coals fall upon them;
may they be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, never to rise.
11
Let slanderers not be established in the land;
may disaster hunt down men of violence.