Psalms 140:11
And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
Cross References
Psalms 9:16I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they have prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.
Psalms 34:21The Lord keepeth all their bones, not one of them shall be broken.
Proverbs 12:13For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil mall: but the just shall escape out of distress.
Proverbs 17:20He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 140:9-13
Shame and Confusion of Persecutors. 8 Grant not, O Lord , the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of… Read the whole commentary →