Psalms 141
1 A Psalm. Of David. Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.
A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
2 Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
4 Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.
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.
5 Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.
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.
6 When destruction comes to their judges by the side of the rock, they will give ear to my words, for they are sweet.
When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
7 Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough. (Sheol h7585)
As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
8 But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up to death.
But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
10 Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
