Psalms — Chapter 140
For the leader. A psalm of David.
Rescue me, O ETERNAL One, from evildoers;save me from lawless opponents,
whose minds are full of evil schemes,who plot war every day.
They sharpen their tongues like serpents;spiders’ poison is on their lips. Selah.
O ETERNAL One, keep me out of the clutches of the wicked;save me from lawless opponentswho scheme to make me fall.amake me fall Lit. “push my feet.”
Arrogant ones laid traps with ropes for me;they spread out a net along the way;they set snares for me. Selah.
I said to GOD: You are my God;give ear, O ETERNAL One, to my pleas for mercy.
O GOD, my Sovereign, the strength of my deliverance,You protected my head on the day of battle.bbattle Lit. “arms.”
O ETERNAL One, do not grant the desires of the wicked;do not let their plan succeed,else they be exalted. Selah.
May the heads of those who beset mebe covered with the mischief of their lips.celse they … lips Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
May coals of fire drop down upon them,and they be cast into pits, never to rise again.
Let slanderers have no place in the land;let the evil of the lawless drive them into corrals.
I know that GOD will championthe cause of the poor, the right of the needy.
The righteous shall surely praise Your name;the upright shall dwell in Your presence.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
Divine Compassion & Mercy
Quran 1:1
“In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”
Luke 6:36
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Snp 1.8
“As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings.”
Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 1
“One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred.”
Good vs Evil / Light vs Darkness
Yasna 30:3
“Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action.”
John 1:5
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Dhammapada 1:1-2
“Mind is the forerunner of all actions. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow.”
Bhagavad Gita 16:21
“There are three gates to self-destructive hell: lust, anger, and greed. Therefore, one must learn to give these up.”