The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 141

A Psalm by David.

 ^141:1Yahweh, I have called on you.
      Come to me quickly!
      Listen to my voice when I call to you.

 ^141:2Let my prayer be set before you like incense;
      The lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

 ^141:3Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth.
      Keep the door of my lips.

 ^141:4Don'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.

 ^141:5Let 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.

 ^141:6Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock.
      They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

 ^141:7"As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
      Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol."

 ^141:8For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord.
      In you, I take refuge.
      Don't leave my soul destitute.

 ^141:9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,
      From the traps of the workers of iniquity.

 ^141:10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets,
      While I pass by.

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