Psalms 140:1-2
Psalms 140:1-5 The Message (MSG)
GOD, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people. All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games. They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill. GOD, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, protect me from these vicious people; All boast and swagger, 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.
Psalms 140:1-2 King James Version (KJV)
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: Preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; Continually are they gathered together for war.
Psalms 140:1-2 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.
Psalms 140:1-2 New Century Version (NCV)
LORD, rescue me from evil people; protect me from cruel people who make evil plans, who always start fights.
Psalms 140:1-2 American Standard Version (ASV)
Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man: Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
Psalms 140:1-2 New International Version (NIV)
Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
Psalms 140:1-2 New King James Version (NKJV)
Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men, Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war.
Psalms 140:1-2 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; Protect me from violent men. They devise evil things in their hearts; They continually [gather together and] stir up wars.
Psalms 140:1-2 New Living Translation (NLT)
O LORD, rescue me from evil people. Protect me from those who are violent, those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long.