Greek Psalm 140

Let My Prayer Rise Before You Like Incense

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140:1A psalm for David.

Lord, I have cried to You; hear me.

Attend to the voice of my petition when I cry to You.

140:2Let my prayer be directed as incense before You,

the lifting of my hands as an evening sacrifice.

140:3Set a guard, Lord, for my mouth

and a restraining door around my lips.

140:4Do not turn my heart toward words of wickedness,

to offer excuses for sins with people who practice lawlessness,

and I will certainly not join with their chosen ones.

140:5A righteous man will discipline me in mercy and correct me,

but let a sinner’s oil not enrich my head,

for still my prayer is amid their good pleasures.

140:6Their judges were swallowed up beside a rock;

they will hear my words, for they became sweet.

140:7Like a clod of earth broken upon the earth,

our bones were scattered beside Hades.

140:8For my eyes are toward You, Lord, Lord;

in You I hoped—do not take away my soul.

140:9Guard me from the trap they assembled for me

and from the stumbling blocks of those practicing lawlessness.

140:10Sinners will fall into his casting net;

I am alone until I pass by.

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