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1 ((To the chanter, a Psalm of David.)) Deliver me, o LORD, from the evil men, oh preserve me from the wicked men.
2 Which imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long.
3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent: adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Septuagint: They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause. Romans 3:13)
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hand of the ungodly: preserve me from the wicked men, which are purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords, yea and set traps in my way. Selah.
6 But my saying is unto the LORD: Thou art my God, hear the voice of my prayer, O LORD.
7 O Lord GOD, |LORDE God| thou strength of my health, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. |battayle|
8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, O LORD, let him not have his purpose, lest they be too proud. Selah.
9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them, that compass me about.
10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them, let them be cast into the fire, and into the pit, that they never rise up again.
11 A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth: a malicious and wicked person shall be hunted away, and destroyed.
12 Sure I am, that the LORD will avenge the poor, and maintain the cause of the helpless.
13 The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy name, and the just shall continue in thy sight.

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Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 140:1–13 (113 words)
1
  1. חַלְּצֵ֣נִיḥallĕṣēnîchalats: to pull off; (hence, intensively) to stripH2502
  2. יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. מֵאָדָ֣םmēʾādāmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
  4. רָ֑עrāʿra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  5. מֵאִ֖ישׁmēʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  6. חֲמָסִ֣יםḥămāsîmchamac: violence; (by implication) wrongH2555
  7. תִּנְצְרֵֽנִי׃tinṣĕrēnînatsar: to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)H5341
2
  1. אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  2. חָשְׁב֣וּḥošbûchashab: (properly) to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricateH2803
  3. רָע֣וֹתrāʿôtra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  4. בְּלֵ֑בbĕlēbleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  5. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  6. י֝֗וֹםyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  7. יָג֥וּרוּyāgûrûguwr: (properly) to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose)H1481
  8. מִלְחָמֽוֹת׃milḥāmôtmilchamah: a battle (i.e. the engagement); (generally) war (i.e. warfare)H4421
3
  1. שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּšānănûshanan: to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierceH8150
  2. לְשׁוֹנָם֮lĕšônāmlashown: the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and...H3956
  3. כְּֽמוֹkĕmôkmow: as, thus, soH3644
  4. נָ֫חָ֥שׁnāḥāšnachash: a snake (from its hiss)H5175
  5. חֲמַ֥תḥămatchemah: heat; (figuratively) anger, poison (from its fever)H2534
  6. עַכְשׁ֑וּבʿakšûb`akshuwb: an asp (from lurking coiled up)H5919
  7. תַּ֖חַתtaḥattachath: the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of...H8478
  8. שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹśĕpātêmôsaphah: the lip (as a natural boundary); (by implication) languageH8193
  9. סֶֽלָה׃selâcelah: suspension (of music), i.e. pauseH5542
4
  1. שָׁמְרֵ֤נִיšomrēnîshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  2. יְהוָ֨ה׀yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. מִ֘ידֵ֤יmîdêyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  4. רָשָׁ֗עrāšāʿrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  5. מֵאִ֣ישׁmēʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  6. חֲמָסִ֣יםḥămāsîmchamac: violence; (by implication) wrongH2555
  7. תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִיtinṣĕrēnînatsar: to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)H5341
  8. אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  9. חָ֝שְׁב֗וּḥāšĕbûchashab: (properly) to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricateH2803
  10. לִדְח֥וֹתlidḥôtdachah: to push downH1760
  11. פְּעָמָֽי׃pĕʿāmāypa`am: a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)H6471
5
  1. טָֽמְנֽוּṭāmĕnûtaman: to hide (by covering over)H2934
  2. גֵאִ֨ים׀gēʾîmge'eh: lofty; (figuratively) arrogantH1343
  3. פַּ֡חpaḥpach: a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)H6341
  4. לִ֗יlî
  5. וַחֲבָלִ֗יםwaḥăbālîmchebel: a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring lineH2256
  6. פָּ֣רְשׂוּpārĕśûparas: to break apart, disperse, etcH6566
  7. רֶ֭שֶׁתrešetresheth: a net (as catching animals)H7568
  8. לְיַדlĕyadyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  9. מַעְגָּ֑לmaʿgālma`gal: a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)H4570
  10. מֹקְשִׁ֖יםmōqĕšîmmowqesh: (literally or figuratively) a noose (for catching animals)H4170
  11. שָֽׁתוּšātûshiyth: to place (in a very wide application)H7896
  12. לִ֣יlî
  13. סֶֽלָה׃selâcelah: suspension (of music), i.e. pauseH5542
6
  1. אָמַ֣רְתִּיʾāmartîamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  2. לַ֭יהוָהlayhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. אֵ֣לִיʾēlîel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
  4. אָ֑תָּהʾāttâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  5. הַאֲזִ֥ינָהhaʾăzînâazan: to broaden out the ear (with the hand); (by implication) to listenH238
  6. יְ֝הוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  7. ק֣וֹלqôlqowl: a voice or soundH6963
  8. תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃taḥănûnāytachanuwn: earnest prayerH8469
7
  1. יְהוִֹ֣הyĕhôiYhovih: GodH3069
  2. אֲ֭דֹנָיʾădōnāyAdonay: the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)H136
  3. עֹ֣זʿōz`oz: strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)H5797
  4. יְשׁוּעָתִ֑יyĕšûʿātîyshuw`ah: something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliveranceH3444
  5. סַכֹּ֥תָהsakkōtâcakak: (properly) to entwine as a screen; (by implication) to fence in, cover overH5526
  6. לְ֝רֹאשִׁ֗יlĕrōʾšîro'sh: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank...H7218
  7. בְּי֣וֹםbĕyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  8. נָֽשֶׁק׃nāšeqnesheq: military equipment, i.e. (collectively) arms (offensive or defensive), or (concretely) an arsenalH5402
8
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תִּתֵּ֣ןtittēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  3. יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  4. מַאֲוַיֵּ֣יmaʾăwayyêma'avay: a desireH3970
  5. רָשָׁ֑עrāšāʿrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  6. זְמָמ֥וֹzĕmāmôzamam: a plotH2162
  7. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  8. תָּ֝פֵ֗קtāpēqpuwq: to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secureH6329
  9. יָר֥וּמוּyārûmûruwm: to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)H7311
  10. סֶֽלָה׃selâcelah: suspension (of music), i.e. pauseH5542
9
  1. רֹ֥אשׁrōšro'sh: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank...H7218
  2. מְסִבָּ֑יmĕsibbāymecab: a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) aroundH4524
  3. עֲמַ֖לʿămal`amal: toil, i.e. wearing effort; (hence) worry, wheth. of body or mindH5999
  4. שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹśĕpātêmôsaphah: the lip (as a natural boundary); (by implication) languageH8193
  5. יְכַסֵּֽומוֹ׃yĕkassēwmôkacah: (properly) to plump, i.e. fill up hollowsH3680
10
  1. יִמּ֥יֹטוּyimmyōṭûmowt: to waver; (by implication) , to slip, shake, fallH4131
  2. עֲלֵיהֶ֗םʿălêhem`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  3. גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥יםgeḥālîmgechel: an emberH1513
  4. בָּאֵ֥שׁbāʾēšesh: fire (literally or figuratively)H784
  5. יַפִּלֵ֑םyappilēmnaphal: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)H5307
  6. בְּ֝מַהֲמֹר֗וֹתbĕmahămōrôtmahamorah: perhaps an abyssH4113
  7. בַּֽלbalbal: (properly) a failure; (by implication) nothingH1077
  8. יָקֽוּמוּ׃yāqûmûquwm: to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)H6965
11
  1. אִ֥ישׁʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  2. לָשׁוֹן֮lāšônlashown: the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and...H3956
  3. בַּלbalbal: (properly) a failure; (by implication) nothingH1077
  4. יִכּ֪וֹןyikkônkuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
  5. בָּ֫אָ֥רֶץbāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  6. אִישׁʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  7. חָמָ֥סḥāmāschamac: violence; (by implication) wrongH2555
  8. רָ֑עrāʿra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  9. יְ֝צוּדֶ֗נּוּyĕṣûdennûtsuwd: to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); (by implication) to catch an animalH6679
  10. לְמַדְחֵפֹֽת׃lĕmadḥēpōtmdachphah: a push, i.e. ruinH4073
12
  1. יָדַ֗עְתִּyādaʿtiyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  2. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  3. יַעֲשֶׂ֣הyaʿăśe`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  4. יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  5. דִּ֣יןdîndiyn: judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal)H1779
  6. עָנִ֑יʿānî`aniy: depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035, although the margin constantly disputes...H6041
  7. מִ֝שְׁפַּ֗טmišpaṭmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
  8. אֶבְיֹנִֽים׃ʾebyōnîmebyown: destituteH34
13
  1. אַ֣ךְʾakak: a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) onlyH389
  2. צַ֭דִּיקִיםṣaddîqîmtsaddiyq: justH6662
  3. יוֹד֣וּyôdûyadah: (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the handH3034
  4. לִשְׁמֶ֑ךָlišmekāshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
  5. יֵשְׁב֥וּyēšĕbûyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  6. יְ֝שָׁרִ֗יםyĕšārîmyashar: straightH3477
  7. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  8. פָּנֶֽיךָ׃pānêkāpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440

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Strong's words in Psalms 140 (6)
Strong's H3068 — יְ֭הוָה (yĕhwâ)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 6 times in Psalms 140.
Strong's H376 — מֵאִ֖ישׁ (mēʾîš)
iysh (eesh) n-m. 1. a man as an individual or a male person 2. often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) [contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)] KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Root(s): H582 Compare: H802. Appears 4 times in Psalms 140.
Strong's H2555 — חֲמָסִ֣ים (ḥămāsîm)
chamac (khaw-mawce') n-m. 1. violence 2. (by implication) wrong 3. (by meton.) unjust gain [from H2554] KJV: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong. Root(s): H2554. Appears 3 times in Psalms 140.
Strong's H5542 — סֶֽלָה׃ (selâ)
celah (seh'-law) v. 1. suspension (of music), i.e. pause [from H5541] KJV: Selah. Root(s): H5541. Appears 3 times in Psalms 140.
Strong's H7451 — רָ֑ע (rāʿ)
ra` (rah) adj. 1. bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) [from H7489] KJV: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.). Root(s): H7489. Appears 3 times in Psalms 140.
Strong's H1077 — בַּֽל (bal)
bal (bal) adv. 1. (properly) a failure 2. (by implication) nothing 3. (usually, adverb) not at all 4. (also) lest [from H1086] KJV: lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing. Root(s): H1086. Appears 2 times in Psalms 140.

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