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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Psalms 141
141
Protection from Sin and Sinners
A Davidic psalm.
1Lord, I call on You; hurry to help me.
Listen to my voice when I call on You. # Ps 22:19; 38:22; 70:5
2May my prayer be set before You as incense, # Ex 30:8
the raising of my hands as the evening offering. # Lk 1:10; Rv 5:8; 8:3-4
3Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips. # Ps 34:13; 39:1; Pr 13:3; Mc 7:5
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. # Ps 119:36; Pr 23:6; Is 32:6
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 # Lit my head not refuse it. # Ec 7:5; Gl 6:1
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked. # Lit of them # Ps 109:4
6When their rulers # Or judges will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people # Lit cliff, and they will listen to my words,
for they are pleasing. # 2Ch 25:12
7As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our # DSS reads my ; some LXX mss, Syr read their bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol. # Ps 53:5; 88:3-5
8But my eyes look to You, Lord God.
I seek refuge in You; do not let me die. # Or not pour out my life # Ps 7:1; 57:1; 144:2
9Protect me from # Lit from the hands of the trap they have set for me,
and from the snares of evildoers. # Ps 38:12; 140:5
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely. # Ps 7:15; 35:8; 57:6
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