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 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 before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like 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, LORD, 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 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.
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 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 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 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
Their judges, have been hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings, for they have become sweet.
7 "As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol." (Sheol h7585)
As when one plougheth and furroweth the earth, Scattered about, are our bones at the mouth of hades! (Sheol h7585)
8 For my eyes are on you, LORD. In you, I take refuge. Do not leave 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 snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of evildoers.
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 together into their own nets, while I pass by.
They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.
