6 I said to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
My soul, you have said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing."
Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.
Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me. When you said, "Seek my face," My heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh."
> Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication. Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
> Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, And my cries for mercy.
> Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in 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,