| Chapter 140 |
1 | I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee. |
2 | Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice. |
3 | Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips. |
4 | Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them. |
5 | The just shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased: |
6 | their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed: |
7 | as when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell. |
8 | But o to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul. |
9 | Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity. |
10 | The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass. |