{"id":460,"date":"2016-08-09T17:52:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T21:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/?page_id=460"},"modified":"2016-08-09T17:52:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T21:52:59","slug":"psalm-140-kjv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/psalm-140-kjv\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 140, KJV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"western\">LBW Psalm Prayer:<\/h4>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lord, you keep constant guard over your faithful people. Protect us from hidden snares, deliver us from those who would seek to do us harm, and make us holy; that we may praise and bless your name and live in righteousness before you now and forever.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>1<\/sup>Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>2<\/sup>Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>3<\/sup>They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders\u2019 poison is under their lips. Selah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>4<\/sup>Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>5<\/sup>The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>6<\/sup>I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>7<\/sup>O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>8<\/sup>Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>9<\/sup>As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>10<\/sup>Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>11<\/sup>Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>12<\/sup>I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><sup>13<\/sup>Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. LBW Psalm Prayer: Lord, you keep constant guard over your faithful people. Protect us from hidden snares, deliver us from those who would seek to do us harm, and make us holy; that we may praise and bless your name and live in righteousness before you now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/psalm-140-kjv\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Psalm 140, KJV<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7I2qj-7q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immanuelnyc.org\/psalms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}