Psalms 141 — parallel

141:1

LORD, I have called on you.

A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.

141:2

Let my prayer be set before you like incense;

May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.

141:3

Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth.

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

141:4

Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing,

Do 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.

141:5

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;

Let 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.

141:6

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock.

When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

141:7

“As when one ploughs and breaks up the earth,

As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

141:8

For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord.

But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

141:9

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,

Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

141:10

Let the wicked fall together into their own nets

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.