Psalms 141
1 Yhwh, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
A Melody of David. O Yahweh, I have cried unto thee, Make thou haste to me, Give ear unto my voice, when I cry to thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Let my prayer be set in order like incense before thee, —the lifting up of my hands, as the evening gift.
3 Set a watch, O Yhwh, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over the door of my lips.
4 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.
Let not my heart incline to a matter of wrong, that I should busy myself with practices in lawlessness, with men working iniquity, and let me not eat of their dainties.
5 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.
Let a righteous man smite me—a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head [which] let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.
6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Their judges, have been hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings, for they have become sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. (Sheol h7585)
As when one plougheth and furroweth the earth, Scattered about, are our bones at the mouth of hades! (Sheol h7585)
8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O Yhwh the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
Surely, unto thee, O Yahweh, My Lord, are mine eyes, In thee, have I sought refuge, Do not pour out my life.
9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Keep me out of the clutches of the trap they have set for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.
