The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.(Psalm 140:5)

I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.(Psalm 140:6)

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.(Psalm 140:7)

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.(Psalm 140:9)

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.(Psalm 140:10)

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.(Psalm 140:11)

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Psalm 140:8 - Cross Reference

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. (Psalm 10:2)

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. (Psalm 27:12)

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. (2 Samuel 15:31)

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? (Psalm 94:20)

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. (Job 5:12)

Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. (Deuteronomy 32:27)