The Psalms

Psalm 141

A Psalm of David.

 ^141:1Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me:

 Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

 ^141:2Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee;

 The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

 ^141:3Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth;

 Keep the door of my lips.

 ^141:4Incline not my heart to any evil thing,

 To practise deeds of wickedness

 With men that work iniquity:

 And let me not eat of their dainties.

 ^141:5Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness;

 And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head;

 Let not my head refuse it:

 For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

 ^141:6Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock;

 And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

 ^141:7As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth,

 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

 ^141:8For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord:

 In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.

 ^141:9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,

 And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

 ^141:10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

 Whilst that I withal escape.