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Psalm 140:11-13
New English Translation

11 A slanderer[a] will not endure on[b] the earth;
calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.[c]
12 I know[d] that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed
and vindicates the poor.[e]
13 Certainly the godly will give thanks to your name;
the morally upright will live in your presence.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:11 tn Heb “a man of a tongue.”
  2. Psalm 140:11 tn Heb “be established in.”
  3. Psalm 140:11 tn Heb “for blows.” The Hebrew noun מַדְחֵפֹה (madkhefoh, “blow”) occurs only here in the OT.
  4. Psalm 140:12 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading a first person verb form here. The Kethib reads the second person.
  5. Psalm 140:12 tn Heb “and the just cause of the poor.”
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