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.

Lord, I cry to you: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to you.

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 you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

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

Set a watch, O LORD, 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 practice wicked works with men that work 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 shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be 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 overthrown in stony places, 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 grave’s mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood on 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.

But my eyes are to you, O GOD the Lord: in you is my 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 snares which they have laid for me, and the gins 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 with escape.