Psalms 141
141
A Prayer Not to Sin
A psalm of David.
1Lord, I call to you. Come quickly.
Listen to me when I call to you.
2Let my prayer be like incense placed before you,
and my praise like the evening sacrifice.
3Lord, help me control my tongue;
help me be careful about what I say.
4Take away my desire to do evil
or to join others in doing wrong.
Don’t let me eat tasty food
with those who do evil.
5If a good person punished me, that would be kind.
If he corrected me, that would be like perfumed oil on my head.
I shouldn’t refuse it.
But I pray against those who do evil.
6Let their leaders be thrown down the cliffs.
Then people will know that I have spoken correctly:
7“The ground is plowed and broken up.
In the same way, our bones have been scattered at the grave.”
8God, I look to you for help.
I trust in you, Lord. Don’t let me die.
9Protect me from the traps they set for me
and from the net that evil people have spread.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
but let me pass by safely.
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Tehillim (Psa) 141
141
1A psalm of David:
Adonai, I have called you; come to me quickly!
Listen to my plea when I call to you.
2Let my prayer be like incense set before you,
my uplifted hands like an evening sacrifice.
3Set a guard, Adonai, over my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.
4Don’t let my heart turn to anything evil
or allow me to act wickedly
with men who are evildoers;
keep me from eating their delicacies.
5Let the righteous strike me, let him correct me;
it will be an act of love.
Let my head not refuse such choice oil,
for I will keep on praying about their wickedness.
6When their rulers are thrown down from the cliff,
[the wicked] will hear that my words were fitting.
7As when one plows and breaks the ground into clods,
our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sh’ol.
8For my eyes, Adonai, Adonai, are on you;
in you I take refuge; don’t pour out my life.
9Keep me from the trap they have set for me,
from the snares of evildoers.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.
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