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Chapter 140
Psal CPDV 140:1  A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried out to you, hear me. Attend to my voice, when I cry out to you.
Psal CPDV 140:2  Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight: the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.
Psal CPDV 140:3  O Lord, station a guard over my mouth and a door enclosing my lips.
Psal CPDV 140:4  Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, to making excuses for sins, with men who work iniquity; and I will not communicate, even with the best of them.
Psal CPDV 140:5  The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head. For my prayer will still be toward their good will.
Psal CPDV 140:6  Their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks. They will hear my words, which have prevailed,
Psal CPDV 140:7  as when the lava of the earth has erupted above ground. Our bones have been scattered beside Hell.
Psal CPDV 140:8  For Lord, O Lord, my eyes look to you. In you, I have hoped. Do not take away my soul.
Psal CPDV 140:9  Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.
Psal CPDV 140:10  The sinners will fall into his net. I am alone, until I pass over.