Psalms 141

1 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.

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 in order like incense before thee, —the lifting up of my hands, as the evening gift.

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

3 Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over the door of my lips.

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

4 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.

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 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.

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, have been hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings, for they have become sweet.

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

7 As when one plougheth and furroweth the earth, Scattered about, are our bones at the mouth of hades! (Sheol h7585)

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

8 Surely, unto thee, O Yahweh, My Lord, are mine eyes, In thee, have I sought refuge, Do not pour out my life.

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

9 Keep me out of the clutches of the trap they have set for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.

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

10 They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.

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