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 Psalm of David.
1Lord, I cry unto You; make haste to me;
give ear to my voice, when I cry unto You.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 Let my prayer be set forth before You as incense,
and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil,
to practice wicked deeds
with men who do iniquity,
and do not let me eat of their delights.
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 Let the righteous man strike me;
it shall be a kindness.
Let him rebuke me;
it shall be oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
For my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 When their judges are thrown to stony places,
then they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 As when one plows to break up the land,
so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 But my eyes are unto You, O God my Lord,
in You is my trust; do not leave my soul defenseless.
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 Keep me from the snares that they have laid for me,
and the traps of those who do iniquity.
10#Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by and escape.
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