Psalms 141
1 A Psalm by David. Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
A psalm of David. Lord, I'm calling out to you! Please hurry up and help me! Please listen to me when I cry out to you!
2 Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.
3 Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
Lord, make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't—keep a watch over my conversations.
4 Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
Don't let me think about evil things or take part in doing anything wrong with wicked people. I won't join in eating fancy food at their feasts.
5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
Let a good person punish me in love—let them correct me. It will be like an anointing—I won't refuse it. But I still pray against those who do evil.
6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
They shall be thrown down by the power of the rock that judges them, and then they will recognize what I said was true!
7 “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
Just as the earth is broken up by the plough, so shall their bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
8 For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
But I'm looking to you, Lord God, for I find protection in you. Don't let me die!
9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
Keep me safe from the traps they have set to catch me, from the snares of evil people.
10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.
Let them fall into their own traps while I pass by unharmed.
