Berean Standard Bible

Psalm 140:9

“May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.”

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⁷O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.

⁸Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

⁹May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

¹⁰May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.

¹¹May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

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