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Psalms 140 (MSG)

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¹ A David psalm. GOD, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people. ² All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games. ³ They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill. ⁴ GOD, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, protect me from these vicious people; ⁵ Stuffed with self-importance, they plot ways to trip me up, determined to bring me down. These crooks invent traps to catch me and do their best to incriminate me. ⁶ I prayed, "GOD, you're my God! Listen, GOD! Mercy! ⁷ GOD, my Lord, Strong Savior, protect me when the fighting breaks out! ⁸ Don't let the wicked have their way, GOD, don't give them an inch!" ⁹ These troublemakers all around me-- let them drown in their own verbal poison. ¹⁰ Let God pile hellfire on them, let him bury them alive in crevasses! ¹¹ These loudmouths-- don't let them be taken seriously; These savages-- let the Devil hunt them down! ¹² I know that you, GOD, are on the side of victims, that you care for the rights of the poor. ¹³ And I know that the righteous personally thank you, that good people are secure in your presence.