Brenton Septuagint Translation
Psalm 140
A Psalm of David.
O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a 1strong door about my lips. Incline not my heart to evil things, to 2employ pretexts 3for sins, with men who work iniquity: and 4let me not unite with their choice ones. The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their 5pleasures.
Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet. As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave. For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life. Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling-blocks of them that work iniquity. Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
Source notes (5)
- Footnote Lit. a door of fortification.
- Footnote Gr. pretend pretences.
- Footnote Gr. in.
- Footnote Gr. I will not.
- Footnote q. d. lest I be injured by them.
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