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8 Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further his wicked scheme,
aLest they be exalted. Selah 
9 “As for the head of those who surround me,
Let the evil of their lips cover them;
10 aLet burning coals fall upon them;
Let them be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 
11 Let not a slanderer be established in the earth;
Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”
12 I know that the Lord will amaintain
The cause of the afflicted,
And justice for the poor. 
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Psalms 140:10

Let burning coals fall upon them - Let them be punished, "as if" burning coals were poured upon them. See Psalms 11:6, note; Psalms 18:12-13, notes; Psalms 120:4, note.

Let them be cast into the fire - Punished as if they were cast into the fire and consumed.

Into deep pits, that they rise not up again - That they may utterly perish. This was one mode of punishing, by casting a man into a deep pit from which he could not escape, and leaving him to die, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:24; Psalms 9:15; Psalms 35:7; Jeremiah 41:7.


 
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