Psalms 140 — LXXSB

(141) A Psalm of David.

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