10 Let hot coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into the abyss, never again to rise.(A)
11 Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.
Let evil relentlessly[a] hunt down a violent man.(B)

12 I[b] know that the Lord upholds
the just cause of the poor,
justice for the needy.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 140:11 Hb obscure
  2. 140:12 Alt Hb tradition reads You

10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,(A)
    into miry pits, never to rise.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.(B)

12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor(C)
    and upholds the cause(D) of the needy.(E)

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