Psalm 140 — The Holy Bible

A psalm by David.

O Lord, I have cried to You; hear me;

Give heed to the voice of my supplication when I cry to You.

Let my prayer be set forth before You as incense,

The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth,

A door of enclosure about my lips.

Incline not my heart to evil words,

To make excuses in sins

With men who work lawlessness;

And I will not join with their choice ones.

The righteous man shall correct me

With mercy, and he shall reprove me;

But let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head,

For my prayer shall be intense in the presence of their pleasures.

Their judges are swallowed up by the rock;

They shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.

As a clod of ground is dashed to pieces on the earth,

So our bones were scattered beside the grave.

For my eyes, O Lord, O Lord, are toward You;

In You I hope; take not my soul away.

Keep me from the snares they set for me,

And from the stumbling blocks of those who work lawlessness.

Sinners shall fall into their own net;

I am alone, until I escape.