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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141
A praise song of David.
1Lord, I call to you for help.
Listen to me as I pray.
Please hurry and help me!
2Accept my prayer like a gift of burning incense,
the words I lift up like an evening sacrifice.
3Lord, help me control what I say.
Don’t let me say anything bad.
4Take away any desire to do evil.
Keep me from joining the wicked in doing wrong.
Help me stay away from their feasts.
5If good people correct me,
I will consider it a good thing.
If they criticize me,
I will accept it like a warm welcome.#141:5 a warm welcome Or “like oil poured over my head.”
But my prayer will always be against the wicked and the evil they do.
6Let their judges be put to death.#141:6 Let their judges … to death Or “Let their judges be thrown from the cliffs.”
Then everyone will know that I told the truth.
7Like rocks in a field that a farmer has plowed,
so our bones will be scattered in the grave.
8My Lord GOD, I look to you for help.
I look to you for protection; don’t let me die.
9Those evil people are trying to trap me.
Don’t let me fall into their traps.
10Let the wicked fall into their own traps,
while I walk away unharmed.
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