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. LORD, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
2 My prayer is prepared—incense before You, The lifting up of my hands—the evening present.
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set, O YHWH, a watch for my mouth, Watch over the door of my lips.
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my tips.
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.
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
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 smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; and let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; let not my head refuse it: for even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
6 Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; and they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
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 ploweth and cleaveth the earth, our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth. (Sheol h7585)
8 But to You, O YHWH, my Lord, [are] my eyes, In You I have trusted, Do not make my soul bare.
For mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee do I put my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the trap they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10 The wicked fall in their dragnets together, until I pass over!
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
