Psalms 141
1 A Psalm by David. LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call 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 set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
3 Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
4 Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
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 the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
7 “As when one ploughs and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
8 For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
