--- title: Psalms 140 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Psalms chapter 140 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: For the Leader. A Psalm of David. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/140/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/) / chapter 140 # Psalms 140 14 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [140:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.1/) — לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ — For the Leader. A Psalm of David. - [140:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.2/) — חַלְּצֵנִי יְהוָה מֵאָדָם רָע מֵאִישׁ חֲמָסִים תִּנְצְרֵֽנִי׃ — Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man; - [140:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.3/) — אֲשֶׁר חָשְׁבוּ רָעוֹת בְּלֵב כָּל־יוֹם יָגוּרוּ מִלְחָמֽוֹת׃ — Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars. - [140:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.4/) — שָֽׁנֲנוּ לְשׁוֹנָם כְּֽמוֹ־נָחָשׁ חֲמַת עַכְשׁוּב תַּחַת שְׂפָתֵימוֹ סֶֽלָה׃ — They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips. - [140:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.5/) — שָׁמְרֵנִי יְהוָה ׀ מִידֵי רָשָׁע מֵאִישׁ חֲמָסִים תִּנְצְרֵנִי אֲשֶׁר חָשְׁבוּ לִדְחוֹת פְּעָמָֽי׃ — Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to make my steps slip. - [140:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.6/) — טָֽמְנֽוּ־גֵאִים ׀ פַּח לִי וַחֲבָלִים פָּרְשׂוּ רֶשֶׁת לְיַד־מַעְגָּל מֹקְשִׁים שָֽׁתוּ־לִי סֶֽלָה׃ — The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. - [140:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.7/) — אָמַרְתִּי לַיהוָה אֵלִי אָתָּה הַאֲזִינָה יְהוָה קוֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃ — I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my God'; give ear, O LORD, unto the voice of my supplications. - [140:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.8/) — יְהֹוִה אֲדֹנָי עֹז יְשׁוּעָתִי סַכֹּתָה לְרֹאשִׁי בְּיוֹם נָֽשֶׁק׃ — O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, who hast screened my head in the day of battle, - [140:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.9/) — אַל־תִּתֵּן יְהוָה מַאֲוַיֵּי רָשָׁע זְמָמוֹ אַל־תָּפֵק יָרוּמוּ סֶֽלָה׃ — Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. - [140:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.10/) — רֹאשׁ מְסִבָּי עֲמַל שְׂפָתֵימוֹ יְכַסֵּֽמוֹ׃ — As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. - [140:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.11/) — יִמּוֹטוּ עֲלֵיהֶם גֶּֽחָלִים בָּאֵשׁ יַפִּלֵם בְּמַהֲמֹרוֹת בַּֽל־יָקֽוּמוּ׃ — Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again. - [140:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.12/) — אִישׁ לָשׁוֹן בַּל־יִכּוֹן בָּאָרֶץ אִישׁ־חָמָס רָע יְצוּדֶנּוּ לְמַדְחֵפֹֽת׃ — A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust. - [140:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.13/) — יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי־יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה דִּין עָנִי מִשְׁפַּט אֶבְיֹנִֽים׃ — I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy. - [140:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.14/) — אַךְ צַדִּיקִים יוֹדוּ לִשְׁמֶךָ יֵשְׁבוּ יְשָׁרִים אֶת־פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ — Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto Thy name; the upright shall dwell in Thy presence. - ← previous: [Psalms 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/139/) - next →: [Psalms 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/141/) - ↑ back to [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/)