Psalms 140 — TOJB

140Verse 1(For the one directing. Mizmor of Dovid)^{Verse 2}Deliver me, Hashem, from adam rah;
preserve me from ish chamasim (violent men);
^{Verse 3}Which plan ra'ot (evils) in their lev;
kol yom they incite milchamot (wars).
^{Verse 4}They have sharpened their leshonot like a nachash;
the venom of a spider is under their sfatayim (lips).
Selah^{Verse 5}Be shomer over me, Hashem, and keep me from the hands of the rashah;
protect me from ish chamasim,
whose scheme is to cause my steps to trip.
^{Verse 6}The ge'im (proud, arrogant ones)⁺have hid a pach for me, and chavalim (cords, ropes);
they have spread a reshet (net) close by the path;
they have set mokshim (traps) for me.
Selah^{Verse 7}I said unto Hashem, Thou art Eli;
hear the kol tachanunai (voice of my supplications), Hashem.
^{Verse 8}Hashem Adonoi, Oz Yeshu'ati (strength of my salvation),
Thou hast covered my rosh in the Yom Neshek (Day of Arms, Day of Battle).
^{Verse 9}Grant not, Hashem, the desires of the rashah;
let not his plot succeed;
lest they exalt themselves.
Selah^{Verse 10}As for the rosh of those that surround me,
let the amal (trouble) of their own sfatayim (lips) cover them.
^{Verse 11}Let burning coals fall upon them;
let them be cast into the eish;
into mahamorot (watery pits), that they rise not up again.
^{Verse 12}Let not an ish lashon (idle talker, slanderer) be established in ha'aretz;
rah shall hunt down the ish chamas to overthrow him.^{Verse 13}I know that Hashem will maintain the din oni (cause of the poor),
and the mishpat evyonim (the right of the needy).
^{Verse 14}Surely the tzaddikim shall give thanks unto Thy Shem;
the upright shall dwell in Thy presence.