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.
I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.
2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about 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 evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest 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 shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:
6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they 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 thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of 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.
But o to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.
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 stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.
