Psalms 141
1 A psalm of David O Yahweh I call out to you make haste! to me give ear to! voice my when call I to you.
A psalm of David. Yahweh, I am crying out to you; come quickly to me. Listen to me when I call to you.
2 May it be established prayer my incense before you [the] raising of hands my an offering of evening.
May my prayer be like incense before you; may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3 Set! O Yahweh a guard for mouth my keep watch! over [the] door of lips my.
Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth; guard the door of my lips.
4 May not you turn heart my to anything - evil to practice practices - in wickedness with people [who] do wickedness and not I will eat in delicacies their.
Do not let my heart desire any evil thing or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. May I not eat any of their delicacies.
5 Let him strike me a righteous [person] - loyalty and let him rebuke me oil of head may not it refuse head my for still and prayer my [is] on evil deeds their.
Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me. Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head; may my head not refuse to accept it. But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds.
6 They have been thrown down at [the] hands of a rock judges their and they will hear words my for they are pleasant.
Their leaders will be thrown down from the top of cliffs; they will hear that my own words are pleasant.
7 Like [one who] plows and [who] breaks up the earth they have been scattered bones our to [the] mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
They will have to say, “As when one plows and breaks up the ground, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
8 For [are] to you - (O Yahweh *L(ah+b)*) O Lord eyes my in you I take refuge may not you lay bare life my.
Surely my eyes are on you, Yahweh, Lord; in you I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
9 Keep me from [the] hands of [the] trap [which] they have laid for me and [the] snares of [those who] do wickedness.
Protect me from the snares that they have laid for me, from the traps of evildoers.
10 Let them fall in own nets his wicked [people] together I until I will pass by.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets while I escape.
