1
(140-1) I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.
2
(140-2) Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
3
(140-3) Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
4
(140-4) 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
(140-5) The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:
6
(140-6) Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
\\<>\\. This psalm was written about the same time, and upon the same occasion, as that going before and what follows after; even when David was persecuted by Saul, and when he was in great danger of his enemies, and snares were laid for his life.