Psalms 141
1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah, I have called upon thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to Thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.
My prayer is prepared — incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands — the evening present.
3 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.
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 smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is [for them] in their calamities.
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 judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth. (Sheol h7585)
As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul. (Sheol h7585)
8 For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.
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 snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal pass over.
The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!
