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.
Currently Selected:
Psalms 141: NCV
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
The Holy Bible, New Century Version, Copyright © 2005 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Psalms 141
141
Prayer for Deliverance from the Wicked
1A psalm of David.
Lord, I call to you; hasten to me;
listen to my plea when I call.
2Let my prayer be incense#Incense: lit., “smoke,” i.e., the fragrant fumes arising from the altar at the burning of sacrificial animals or of aromatic spices; also used in Rev 5:8 as a symbol of prayer. My uplifted hands: the gesture of supplication, cf. Ps 28:2; 63:5; 88:10; 119:48; 134:2; 143:6. before you;
my uplifted hands#Incense: lit., “smoke,” i.e., the fragrant fumes arising from the altar at the burning of sacrificial animals or of aromatic spices; also used in Rev 5:8 as a symbol of prayer. My uplifted hands: the gesture of supplication, cf. Ps 28:2; 63:5; 88:10; 119:48; 134:2; 143:6. an evening offering.#Ps 134:2; Ex 30:8.
3Set a guard, Lord, before my mouth,
keep watch over the door of my lips.#Sir 22:27.
4Do not let my heart incline to evil,
to perform deeds in wickedness.
On the delicacies of evildoers
let me not feast.
5#The Hebrew text is obscure.Let a righteous person strike me; it is mercy if he reproves me.
Do not withhold oil from my head#Prv 9:8; 25:12.
while my prayer opposes their evil deeds.
6May their leaders be cast over the cliff,
so that they hear that my speeches are pleasing.
7Like the plowing and breaking up of the earth,
our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
8For my eyes are upon you, O Lord, my Lord;#Ps 25:15; 123:1–2.
in you I take refuge; do not take away my soul.
9Guard me from the trap they have set for me,
from the snares of evildoers.#Ps 142:4.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while only I pass over them safely.
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc