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Psalms

Chapter 140

Psalms · King David

¹ A Psalm of David.

Ps 140:1

² Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense;

Ps 140:2

³ Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth,

Ps 140:3

⁴ Incline not my heart to evil things,

Ps 140:4

⁵ The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me:

Ps 140:5

⁶ Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock:

Ps 140:6

⁷ As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground,

Ps 140:7

⁸ For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God:

Ps 140:8

⁹ Keep me from the snare which they have set for me,

Ps 140:9

¹⁰ Sinners shall fall by their own net:

Ps 140:10