Ps 140:7 "O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle.
Ps 140:8 "Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.
Ps 140:9 ¶ "As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them.
Ps 140:10 "May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.
Ps 140:11 "May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily."
Ps 140:12 ¶ I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor.
Ps 141:2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
Ps 141:3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Ps 141:4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who do iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Ps 141:5 ¶ Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.
Ps 141:6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
Ps 141:7 As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Ps 141:8 ¶ For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.
Ps 141:9 Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do iniquity.
Ps 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely.
Ps 142:2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my trouble before Him.
Ps 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path. In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me.
Ps 142:4 Look to the right and see; For there is no one who regards me; There is no escape for me; No one cares for my soul.
Ps 142:5 ¶ I cried out to You, O LORD; I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
Ps 142:6 "Give heed to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.