Psalms 141

1 [A Psalm by David.] LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly. Listen to my voice when I call to you.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah, I have called upon thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

2 Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.

3 Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Do not let me eat of their delicacies.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; do not let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is [for them] in their calamities.

6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.

7 "As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol." (Sheol h7585)

Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth. (Sheol h7585)

8 For my eyes are on you, LORD. In you, I take refuge. Do not leave my soul destitute.

For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.

9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of evildoers.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal pass over.