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. Jehovah, I have called upon thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.

3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of 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.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

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.

Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is [for them] in their calamities.

6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, 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)

Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth. (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 unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.

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 laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal pass over.