Psalms 141

  1. 1

    A psalm of David. O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me. Pay attention to me when I cry out to you.

  2. 2

    May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

  3. 3

    O Lord, place a guard on my mouth. Protect the opening of my lips.

  4. 4

    Do not let me have evil desires or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.

  5. 5

    May the godly strike me in love and correct me. May my head not refuse choice oil. Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.

  6. 6

    They will be thrown over the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger.

  9. 9

    Protect me from the snare they have laid for me and the traps the evildoers have set.

  10. 10

    Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.