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. Lord, I call to you: hasten, to me, attend to my voice, when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Let my prayer be presented as incense before you, and my uplifted hands as the evening meal-offering.
3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Set, O Lord, a watch on my mouth, put a guard on 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 an evil matter, to busy myself in deeds of wickedness, in company with workers of evil: never may I partake 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.
A wound or reproof from a good person in kindness is oil which my head shall never refuse. In their misfortune my prayer is still with them.
6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
Abandoned they are to the hands of their judges: they shall learn that my words are true.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
Like stones on a country road cleft and broken so lie our bones scattered for Death to devour. (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 my eyes are turned towards you, O Lord. Do not pour out my life, for in you I take refuge.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Keep me safe from the trap they have laid for me, from the snares of the workers of trouble.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
Into their own nets let wicked people fall; while I pass by in safety.
