Psalm 141
Prayer for Preservation from Evil
A Psalm of David.
1 I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me;
give ear to my voice when I call to you.(A)
2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you
and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.(B)
3 Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not turn my heart to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with those who work iniquity;
do not let me eat of their delicacies.(C)
5 Let the righteous strike me;
let the faithful correct me.
Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head,
for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.(D)
6 When they are given over to those who shall condemn them,
then they shall learn that my words were pleasant.
7 Like a rock that one breaks apart and shatters on the land,
so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.(E)
8 But my eyes are turned toward you, O God, my Lord;
in you I seek refuge; do not leave me defenseless.(F)
9 Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers.(G)
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I alone escape.(H)
Footnotes
- 141.5
- 141.5
- 141.7
Cross references
- 141.1 : Ps 22.19; 70.5; 143.1
- 141.2 : Ex 29.39; Ps 134.2; Rev 5.8; 8.3
- 141.4 : Ps 119.36; Prov 23.6
- 141.5 : Ps 23.5; 35.14; Prov 9.8
- 141.7 : Ps 53.5
- 141.8 : Ps 2.12; 25.15; 27.9
- 141.9 : Ps 38.12; 140.5
- 141.10 : Ps 35.8
