Psalm 141
A psalm of David.
141 O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me.
Pay attention to me when I cry out to you.
2 May you accept my prayer like incense,
my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
3 O Lord, place a guard on my mouth.
Protect the opening of my lips.
4 Do not let me have evil desires,
or participate in sinful activities
with men who behave wickedly.
I will not eat their delicacies.
5 May the godly strike me in love and correct me.
May my head not refuse choice oil.
Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
6 They will be thrown over the side of a cliff by their judges.
They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign Lord.
In you I take shelter.
Do not expose me to danger.
9 Protect me from the snare they have laid for me,
and the traps the evildoers have set.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I escape.
Footnotes
- Psalm 141:1
- Psalm 141:2
- Psalm 141:3
- Psalm 141:3
- Psalm 141:4
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- Psalm 141:5
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- Psalm 141:6
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- Psalm 141:7
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