Web transcription of the official 2026 PDF, with links (Crown & Covenant Publications), or the unchanged file. Punctuation is adapted for the website; the original PDF governs.Transcribed from the official 2026 PDF, with links (or the unchanged file). Punctuation is adapted for the website; the original PDF governs.
Psalm 140:5
The 2026 edition cites 1 passage containing Psalm 140:5, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Psalm 140:4-8
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 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.
6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 190
In the first petition (which is, Hallowed be thy name,) acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is in ourselves and all men to honor God…