Psalms 141

1 I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.

YHWH, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2 Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.

Set a watch, O YHWH, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

4 Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

5 The just shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

6 Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7 As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell. (Sheol h7585)

Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. (Sheol h7585)

8 But o to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.

But mine eyes are unto thee, O Elohim YHWH: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

9 Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

10 The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.