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 Melody of David. O Yahweh, I have cried unto thee, Make thou haste to me, Give ear unto 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 set in order like incense before thee, —the lifting up of my hands, as the evening gift.
3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over 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 a matter of wrong, that I should busy myself with practices in lawlessness, with men working 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 a righteous man smite me—a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head [which] let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.
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 hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings, for they have become sweet.
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 one plougheth and furroweth the earth, Scattered about, are our bones at the mouth of hades! (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.
Surely, unto thee, O Yahweh, My Lord, are mine eyes, In thee, have I sought refuge, Do not pour out my life.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Keep me out of the clutches of the trap they have set for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.
