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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.”

11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.(A)

12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor(B)
    and upholds the cause(C) of the needy.(D)
13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,(E)
    and the upright will live(F) in your presence.(G)

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