Psalms 141

1 A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.

1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2 May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.

2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

4 Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

5 Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

8 But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.