(A)I say to the Lord, You are my God;
    give ear to (B)the voice of my pleas for mercy, O Lord!
O Lord, my Lord, (C)the strength of my salvation,
    you have covered my head in the day of battle.
(D)Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
    do not further their[a] evil plot, or (E)they will be exalted! Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:8 Hebrew his

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”(A)
    Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.(B)
Sovereign Lord,(C) my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.
Do not grant the wicked(D) their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

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