Psalms 140:1-7

1 psalmus David Domine clamavi ad te exaudi me intende voci meae cum clamavero ad te
2 dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum
3 pone Domine custodiam ori meo et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis
4 non declines cor meum in verba malitiae ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem et non communicabo cum electis eorum
5 corripiet me iustus in misericordia et increpabit me oleum %autem; peccatoris non inpinguet caput meum quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum
6 absorti sunt iuncti petrae iudices eorum audient verba mea quoniam potuerunt
7 sicut crassitudo terrae erupta est super terram dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum

Psalms 140:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This psalm, A ben Ezra says, was composed by David before he was king; and Kimchi says, it is concerning Doeg and the Ziphites, who calumniated him to Saul; and, according to our English contents, it is a prayer of David to be delivered from Saul and Doeg. The Syriac inscription is, "said by David, when Saul threw a javelin at him to kill him, but it struck the wall; but, spiritually, the words of him that cleaves to God, and contends with his enemies." R. Obadiah says, it was made at the persecution of David by Saul, which was before the kingdom of David; as the persecution (of Gog) is before the coming of the Messiah. It is indeed before his spiritual coming, but not before his coming in the flesh; and David may be very well considered in the psalm as a type of Christ, for he was particularly so in his sufferings, as well as in other things.
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