Psalm 140:2-4

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²who plan evil things in their minds
and stir up wars continually.
³They make their tongue sharp as a snake’s,
and under their lips is the venom of vipers.Selah

⁴Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
protect me from the violent
who have planned my downfall.

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New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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