Psalm 141
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1A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!
2May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.2May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.3O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!
4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.4Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.
5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.5May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
6When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.6They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.8Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!
9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.
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