{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">Psalms<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 140<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"1\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,140,1,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">1<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,140,2,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,140,3,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,140,4,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,140,5,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The just shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,140,6,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,140,7,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">as when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,140,8,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But o to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,140,9,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,140,10,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/drb\/1\/19\/139\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/drb\/1\/19\/141\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"Psalms, Chapter 140 — Douay-Rheims Bible","book_title":"Psalms","toolbar_title":"Psalms — Ch. 140","prev_url":"\/drb\/1\/19\/139","next_url":"\/drb\/1\/19\/141","tid":1,"book_id":19,"chapter":140,"num_chapters":150,"trans":"DRB","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Psalms","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/drb\/1\/19\/140","meta_desc":"I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee. Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands,…"}