Psalms 141
141
PSALM 141
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of David.
1O Lord, I unto thee do cry,
do thou make haste to me,
And give an ear unto my voice,
when I cry unto thee.
2As incense let my prayer be
directed in thine eyes;
And the uplifting of my hands
as th' ev 'ning sacrifice.
3Set, Lord, a watch before my mouth,
keep of my lips the door.
4My heart incline thou not unto
the ills I should abhor,
To practise wicked works with men
that work iniquity;
And with their delicates my taste
let me not satisfy.
5Let him that righteous is me smite,
it shall a kindness be;
Let him reprove, I shall it count
a precious oil to me:
Such smiting shall not break my head;
for yet the time shall fall,
When I in their calamities
to God pray for them shall.
6When as their judges down shall be
in stony places cast,
Then shall they hear my words; for they
shall sweet be to their taste.
7About the grave's devouring mouth
our bones are scatter'd round,
As wood which men do cut and cleave
lies scatter'd on the ground.
8But unto thee, O God the Lord,
mine eyes uplifted be:
My soul do not leave destitute;
my trust is set on thee.
9Lord, keep me safely from the snares
which they for me prepare;
And from the subtile gins of them
that wicked workers are.
10Let workers of iniquity
into their own nets fall,
Whilst I do, by thine help, escape
the danger of them all.
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Tehillim (Psa) 141
141
1A psalm of David:
Adonai, I have called you; come to me quickly!
Listen to my plea when I call to you.
2Let my prayer be like incense set before you,
my uplifted hands like an evening sacrifice.
3Set a guard, Adonai, over my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.
4Don’t let my heart turn to anything evil
or allow me to act wickedly
with men who are evildoers;
keep me from eating their delicacies.
5Let the righteous strike me, let him correct me;
it will be an act of love.
Let my head not refuse such choice oil,
for I will keep on praying about their wickedness.
6When their rulers are thrown down from the cliff,
[the wicked] will hear that my words were fitting.
7As when one plows and breaks the ground into clods,
our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sh’ol.
8For my eyes, Adonai, Adonai, are on you;
in you I take refuge; don’t pour out my life.
9Keep me from the trap they have set for me,
from the snares of evildoers.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.
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