Psalms 141
1 I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.
“A psalm of David.” O Lord, I call thee, hasten unto me: give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
May my prayer be valued as incense before thee, the lifting up of my hands, as the evening offering.
3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
Set, O Lord, a watch unto my mouth: keep a guard at 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.
Permit not my heart to incline after any evil thing, to practise deeds in wickedness with men that are doers of wrong: 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:
If the righteous strike me, it is a kindness; and if he reprove me, it is [as] oil poured on the head, my head shall not refuse it; for yet my prayer also [is offered] in their sufferings.
6 Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
Are their judges fallen down through means of a rock: then will they listen to my words; for they are pleasant.
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)
As when one cutteth in and splitteth open the earth: so are our bones scattered for the mouth of the grave. (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.
For unto thee, O Eternal Lord, are my eyes directed; in thee do I trust: pour not out my life.
9 Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
Guard me from the power of the snare which they have laid for me, and the traps of the wrong-doers.
10 The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, altogether—while I pass safely by.
