Psalms 140
1O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you. 1
2Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. 1
3Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a + 140:3 Lit. a door of fortification. strong door about by lips. 1
4Incline not my heart to evil things, to + 140:4 Gr. pretend pretences. employ pretexts + 140:4 Gr. in. for sins, with those who work iniquity. Let me not unite with their choice ones. 1
5The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their + 140:5 q.d. lest I be injured by them. pleasures. 1
6Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet. 1
7As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave. 1
8For my eyes are to you, O Lord God: I have hoped in you; take not away my life. 1
9Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity. 1
10Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.