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. Yahweh, I am crying out to you; come quickly to me. Listen to me when I call to you.
2 Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
May my prayer be like incense before you; may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
Yahweh, place a guard over 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.
Do not let my heart desire any evil thing or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. May I not eat any 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 a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me. Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head; may my head not refuse to accept it. But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds.
6 Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
Their leaders will be thrown down from the top of cliffs; they will hear that my own words 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)
They will have to say, “As when one plows and breaks up the ground, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” (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.
Surely my eyes are on you, Yahweh, Lord; in you I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
9 Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
Protect me from the snares that they have laid for me, from the traps of evildoers.
10 The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets while I escape.
