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 out to you, hear me. Attend to my voice, when I cry out to you.
2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight: the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
O Lord, station a guard over my mouth and a door enclosing my 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.
Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, to making excuses for sins, with men who work iniquity; and I will not communicate, even with the best of them.
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 just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head. For my prayer will still be toward their good will.
6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
Their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks. They will hear my words, which have prevailed,
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
as when the lava of the earth has erupted above ground. Our bones have been scattered beside Hell. (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 Lord, O Lord, my eyes look to you. In you, I have hoped. Do not take away my soul.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
The sinners will fall into his net. I am alone, until I pass over.
