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