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.
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” I cry to thee, O LORD! make haste unto me! Give ear to my voice, when I cry unto thee!
2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Let my prayer come before thee as incense, And the lifting-up of my hands, as the 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; Guard 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.
Let not my heart incline to any evil thing; Let me not practise wickedness with the doers of iniquity, And let me not eat of their delicacies!
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 shall be a kindness; Let him reprove me, and it shall be oil for my head; Let him do it again, and my head shall not refuse it; But now I pray against their wickedness!
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 hurled over the side of the rock, They shall hear how pleasant are my words.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
So are our bones scattered at the mouth of the underworld, As when one furroweth and ploweth up the land. (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 to thee do my eyes look, O Lord Jehovah! In thee is my trust; Let not my life be poured out!
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Preserve me from the snares which they have laid for me, And from the nets of evil-doers!
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
Let the wicked fall together into their own traps, Whilst I make my escape!
