Psalms 141
1 A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you.
2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.
4 Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
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 the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
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 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been 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 But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
For mine eyes are to you, O Lord God: I have hoped in you; take not away my life.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
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 by in safety.
Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
