140:008 Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah. 140:009 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 140:010 Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise. 140:011 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 140:012 I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. 140:013 Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence. 141:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. 141:002 Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. 141:003 Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. 141:004 Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies. 141:005 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds. 141:006 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. 141:007 "As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol." 141:008 For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute. 141:009 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. 141:010 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by. 142:001 <<A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.>> I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy. 142:002 I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles. 142:003 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me. 142:004 Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul. 142:005 I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." 142:006 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me. 142:007 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me. 143:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. 143:002 Don't enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight