Psalms 141
1 Jehovah, I have called upon thee. Make haste to me. Give ear to my voice when I call to thee.
A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. And let me not eat of their dainties.
Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones.
5 Let a righteous man smite me, as a kindness. And let him reprove me, as oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.
The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. And they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Like plowing and furrowing the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. (Sheol h7585)
8 For my eyes are to thee, O Jehovah the Lord. In thee do I take refuge. Leave not my soul destitute.
For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass over.
Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
