Psalms 141
1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry to thee: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to thee.
A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones.
5 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.
The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. (Sheol h7585)
As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. (Sheol h7585)
8 But my eyes are to thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
For mine eyes are to you, O Lord God: I have hoped in you; take not away my life.
9 Keep me from the traps which they have laid for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.
Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.
Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
