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Lord, do not grant the desires of the wicked;
do not let them achieve their goals.
Otherwise, they will become proud.(A) Selah

When those who surround me rise up,[a]
may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.(B)
10 Let hot coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into the abyss, never again to rise.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 140:9 Lit Head of those who surround me

¶ No des, oh SEÑOR, al impío sus deseos; no saques adelante su pensamiento, para que no se ensoberbezca. (Selah.)

En cuanto a la cabeza de los que me cercan, la perversidad de sus labios la cubra.

10 Caigan sobre ellos brasas; en el fuego los haga caer, en profundos hoyos de donde no salgan.

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