PSALMS CHAPTER 140 (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV)

The actual, original, first printing of the 1611 King James Version (‘HE’ Bible) — Psalms Chapter 140.

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CHAP. CXL.

1 Dauid prayeth to be deliuered from Saul and Doeg. 8 He prayeth against them. 12 Hee comforteth himselfe by confidence in God.

¹ [To the chiefe Musician, A Psalme of Dauid.] Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the violent man.¹

² Which imagine mischiefes in their heart: continually are they gathered together for warre.

³ They haue sharpned their tongues like a serpent: adders poison is vnder their lips. Selah.³

⁴ Keepe me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked, preserue me from the violent man: who haue purposed to ouerthrow my goings.

⁵ The proude haue hid a snare for me and cords, they haue spread a net by the way side: they haue set grinnes for me. Selah.

⁶ I said vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare the voyce of my supplications, O Lord.

⁷ O God the Lord, the strength of my saluation: thou hast couered my head in the day of battell.

⁸ Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked deuice, lest they exalt themselues. Selah.⁸

⁹ As for the head of those that compasse me about: let the mischiefe of their owne lips couer them.

¹⁰ Let burning coales fall vpon them, let them be cast into the fire: into deepe pits, that they rise not vp againe.

¹¹ Let not an euill speaker bee established in the earth: euill shall hunt the violent man to ouerthrow him.¹¹

¹² I know that the Lord will maintaine the cause of the afflicted: and the right of the poore.

¹³ Surely the righteous shall giue thankes vnto thy Name: the vpright shall dwell in thy presence.

Psalms Chapter 140 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible)

¹ Heb. man of violences.
³ Rom.3.14 psal.58.5.
⁸ Or, let them not be exalted.
¹¹ Heb. a man of tongue: or, an euill speaker, a wicked man of violence be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his ouerthrow.

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