Psalm 141
A Psalm by David.
1 LORD,
I have called
on you.
Come to me
quickly!
Listen to 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.
3 Set
a watch, LORD,
before my mouth.
Keep the door
of my lips.
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.
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.
6 Their
judges are thrown
down by the
sides of the
rock.
They will hear
my words, for they
are well spoken.
7 “As
when one plows
and breaks up
the earth,
our bones are
scattered at the
mouth of
Sheol.”
8 For
my eyes are
on you, LORD,
the Lord.
I take refuge
in you.
Don’t leave my
soul destitute.
9 Keep
me from the
snare which they
have laid for
me,
from the traps
of the workers
of iniquity.
10 Let the
wicked fall
together into
their own nets
while I pass
by.