Psalms 141
141
An Evening Prayer
King David’s poetic song
1Please, Lord, come close and come quickly to help me!
Listen to my prayer as I call out to you.
2Let my prayer be as the evening sacrifice
that burns like fragrant incense, rising as my offering to you
as I lift up my hands in surrendered worship!
3God, give me grace to guard my lips # 141:3 The Septuagint reads “Set a fortress door before my lips.”
from speaking what is wrong.
4Guide me away from temptation and doing evil.
Save me from sinful habits and from keeping company
with those who are experts in evil.
Help me not to share in their sin in any way!
5When one of your godly ones corrects me
or one of your faithful ones rebukes me,
I will accept it like an honor I cannot refuse.
It will be as healing medicine that I swallow
without an offended heart.
Even if they are mistaken, I will continue to pray. # 141:5 This is one of most difficult verses to translate, with scholars divided over the meaning of the Hebrew text. Another translation could be “Don’t let the oil of the wicked anoint my head, for I pray continually against their wickedness.”
6When the leaders and judges are condemned,
falling upon the rocks of justice, # 141:6 See 2 Chron. 25:12.
then they’ll know my words to them were true!
7Like an earthquake splits open the earth,
so the world of hell will open its mouth
to swallow their scattered bones.
8But you are my Lord and my God; I only have eyes for you!
I hide myself in you, so don’t leave me defenseless.
9Protect me! Keep me from the traps of wickedness they set for me.
10Let them all stumble into their own traps
while I escape without a scratch!
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Psalm 141
Protection from Sin and Sinners
A psalm of David.
1 Lord, 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
3 Lord, 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 evildoers.
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#141:5 Lit my head not refuse it.#Ec 7:5; Gl 6:1
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.#141:5 Lit of them#Ps 109:4
6When their rulers#141:6 Or judges will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people#141:6 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#141:7 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, my Lord.
I seek refuge in you; do not let me die.#141:8 Or not pour out my life#Ps 7:1; 57:1; 144:2
9Protect me from 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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