Psalms 141

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

“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” I cry to thee, O LORD! make haste unto me! Give ear to 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 come 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 LORD! before my mouth; Guard 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.

Let not my heart incline to any evil thing; Let me not practise wickedness with the doers of iniquity, And let me not eat of their delicacies!

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; Let him reprove me, and it shall be oil for my head; Let him do it again, and my head shall not refuse it; But now I pray against their wickedness!

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

When their judges are hurled over the side of the rock, They shall hear how pleasant are my words.

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)

So are our bones scattered at the mouth of the underworld, As when one furroweth and ploweth up the land. (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 to thee do my eyes look, O Lord Jehovah! In thee is my trust; Let not my life be poured out!

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

Preserve me from the snares which they have laid for me, And from the nets of evil-doers!

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

Let the wicked fall together into their own traps, Whilst I make my escape!