Psalm 141
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1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you! 1A Davidic psalm. LORD, I call on You; hurry to help me. Listen to my voice when I call on You.
2May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering! 2May my prayer be set before You as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering.
3O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips! 3 LORD, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
4Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies. 4Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing or perform wicked acts with men who commit sin. Do not let me feast on their delicacies.
5May 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. 5Let the righteous one strike me-- it is an act of faithful love; let him rebuke me-- it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked.
6They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant. 6When their rulers will be thrown off the sides of a cliff, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasing.
7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. 7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, turning up rocks, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger! 8But my eyes look to You, Lord GOD. I seek refuge in You; do not let me die.
9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set. 9Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape. 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
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