Psalms 141
1 A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, I have called You, hurry to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to You.
A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
2 My prayer is prepared—incense before You, The lifting up of my hands—the evening present.
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
3 Set, O YHWH, a watch for my mouth, Watch over the door of my lips.
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to an evil thing, To habitually do actions in wickedness, Working iniquity with men, Indeed, I do not eat of their pleasant things.
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
5 The righteous beat me [in] kindness. And reprove me, My head does not disallow oil of the head, For my prayer [is] still about their distress.
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
6 Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul. (Sheol h7585)
As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
8 But to You, O YHWH, my Lord, [are] my eyes, In You I have trusted, Do not make my soul bare.
But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
9 Keep me from the trap they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
10 The wicked fall in their dragnets together, until I pass over!
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
