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