Psalms 141

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Psalm 141

Protection from Sin and Sinners

A psalm of David.

1 Lord, I call on you; hurry to help me.

Listen to my voice when I call on you.#Ps 22:19; 38:22; 70:5

2May my prayer be set before you as incense,#Ex 30:8

the raising of my hands as the evening offering.#Lk 1:10; Rv 5:8; 8:3–4

3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;

keep watch at the door of my lips.#Ps 34:13; 39:1; Pr 13:3; Mc 7:5

4Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing

or perform wicked acts with evildoers.

Do not let me feast on their delicacies.#Ps 119:36; Pr 23:6; Is 32:6

5Let the righteous one strike me —

it is an act of faithful love;

let him rebuke me —

it is oil for my head;

let me#141:5 Lit my head not refuse it.#Ec 7:5; Gl 6:1

Even now my prayer is against

the evil acts of the wicked.#141:5 Lit of them#Ps 109:4

6When their rulers#141:6 Or judges will be thrown off

the sides of a cliff,

the people#141:6 Lit cliff, and they will listen to my words,

for they are pleasing.#2Ch 25:12

7As when one plows and breaks up the soil,

turning up rocks,

so our#141:7 DSS reads my; some LXX mss, Syr read their bones have been scattered

at the mouth of Sheol.#Ps 53:5; 88:3–5

8But my eyes look to you, Lord, my Lord.

I seek refuge in you; do not let me die.#141:8 Or not pour out my life#Ps 7:1; 57:1; 144:2

9Protect me from the trap they have set for me,

and from the snares of evildoers.#Ps 38:12; 140:5

10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

while I pass by safely.#Ps 7:15; 35:8; 57:6

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Psalms 141

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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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