Psalm 141
A psalm of David.
1 I call to you, Lord, come quickly(A) to me;
hear me(B) when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before you like incense;(C)
may the lifting up of my hands(D) be like the evening sacrifice.(E)
3 Set a guard over my mouth,(F) Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.(G)
4 Do not let my heart(H) be drawn to what is evil
so that I take part in wicked deeds(I)
along with those who are evildoers;
do not let me eat their delicacies.(J)
5 Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
let him rebuke me(K)—that is oil on my head.(L)
My head will not refuse it,
for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
6 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,(M)
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 They will say, “As one plows(N) and breaks up the earth,(O)
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth(P) of the grave.”
8 But my eyes are fixed(Q) on you, Sovereign Lord;
in you I take refuge(R)—do not give me over to death.
9 Keep me safe(S) from the traps set by evildoers,(T)
from the snares(U) they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall(V) into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.(W)
Cross references
- Psalm 141:1 : S Ps 22:19
- Psalm 141:1 : S Ps 4:1; 5:1-2; 27:7; 143:1
- Psalm 141:2 : S Lk 1:9; Rev 5:8; 8:3
- Psalm 141:2 : S Ps 28:2; 63:4; 1Ti 2:8
- Psalm 141:2 : S Ex 29:39, 41; 30:8
- Psalm 141:3 : S Ps 34:13; Jas 1:26; 3:8
- Psalm 141:3 : S Ps 12:2
- Psalm 141:4 : S Jos 24:23
- Psalm 141:4 : S Ps 106:29
- Psalm 141:4 : Pr 23:1-3
- Psalm 141:5 : Pr 9:8; 19:25; 25:12; Ecc 7:5
- Psalm 141:5 : S Ex 29:7; Ps 23:5
- Psalm 141:6 : S 2Ch 25:12
- Psalm 141:7 : Ps 129:3
- Psalm 141:7 : Nu 16:32-33
- Psalm 141:7 : S Nu 16:30
- Psalm 141:8 : Ps 123:2
- Psalm 141:8 : Ps 2:12; 11:1
- Psalm 141:9 : Ps 140:4
- Psalm 141:9 : S Ps 64:5
- Psalm 141:9 : S Ps 38:12
- Psalm 141:10 : Ps 7:15; 35:8; 57:6
- Psalm 141:10 : Ps 124:7
