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, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to Thee.
2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
My prayer is prepared — incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands — the evening present.
3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou 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.
Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
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 righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.
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 released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul. (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, O Jehovah, my Lord, [are] mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!
