140:6I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

140:7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

140:8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

140:9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

140:10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

140:11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

140:12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

140:13Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

141:1(A Psalm of David.) LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

141:2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

141:3Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

141:4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

141:5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

141:6When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

141:7Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

141:8But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

141:9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

141:10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

142:1(Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.) I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

142:2I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

142:4I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

142:5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

142:6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

142:7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

143:1(A Psalm of David.) Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

143:3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

143:4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

143:6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

143:7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

143:8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

143:9Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

143:10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

143:11Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

143:12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

144:1(A Psalm of David.) Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

144:2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

144:3LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

144:4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

144:5Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

144:6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

144:7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

144:8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

144:9I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

144:10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

144:11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

144:12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

144:13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: