Psalms 141

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Psalm 141

A psalm of David.

1I cry out to you, LORD: Come to me—quickly!

Listen to my voice when I cry out to you!

2Let my prayer stand before you like incense;

let my uplifted hands be like the evening offering.

3Set a guard over my mouth, LORD;

keep close watch over the door that is my lips.

4Don’t let my heart turn aside to evil things

so that I don’t do wicked things with evildoers,

so I don’t taste their delicacies.

5Instead, let the righteous discipline me;

let the faithful correct me!

Let my head never reject that kind of fine oil,

because my prayers are always against the deeds of the wicked.#141.5 Heb uncertain

6Their leaders will fall from jagged cliffs,

but my words will be heard because they are pleasing.#141.6 Heb uncertain

7Our bones#141.7 LXX manuscripts, Syr their bones; DSS (11QPsa) my bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave,#141.7 Heb Sheol

just like when the ground is broken up and plowed.#141.7 Heb uncertain

8But my eyes are on you, my LORD God.

I take refuge in you; don’t let me die!

9Protect me from the trap they’ve set for me;

protect me from the snares of the evildoers.

10Let the wicked fall into their own nets—all together!—

but let me make it through safely.

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