6 I have said to Jehovah, `My God `art' Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'
Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou `art';' My good `is' not for thine own sake;
And I on Thee -- I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou `art' my God.'
Jehovah `is' the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot. Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance `is' for me.
Hear, O Jehovah, my voice -- I call, And favour me, and answer me. To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'
By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, `to' my prayer, And hide not from my supplication. Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,
I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication,
`Cheth.' My portion `is' Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words,
A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, Give ear unto my supplications, In Thy faithfulness answer me -- in Thy righteousness.
My portion `is' Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
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Commentary on Psalms 140 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 140
This and the four following psalms are much of a piece, and the scope of them the same with many that we met with in the beginning and middle of the book of Psalms, though with but few of late. They were penned by David (as it should seem) when he was persecuted by Saul; one of them is said to be his "prayer when he was in the cave,' and it is probable that all the rest were penned about the same time. In this psalm,
To the chief musician. A psalm of David.
Psa 140:1-7
In this, as in other things, David was a type of Christ, that he suffered before he reigned, was humbled before he was exalted, and that as there were many who loved and valued him, and sought to do him honour, so there were many who hated and envied him, and sought to do him mischief, as appears by these verses, where,
Psa 140:8-13
Here is the believing foresight David had,