Psalm 140:8-10

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
do not further their evil plot.^[a]Selah

⁹Those who surround me lift up their heads;^[b]
let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
¹⁰Let burning coals fall on them!
Let them be flung into pits, no more to rise!

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Footnotes

Psalm 140:8 Heb adds they are exalted
Psalm 140:9 Cn Compare Gk: Heb those who surround me are uplifted in head; Heb divides verses 8 and 9 differently

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