Psalms 141
141
A psalm of David.
1Lord, I'm calling out to you! Please hurry up and help me! Please listen to me when I cry out to you!
2May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.
3Lord, make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't—keep a watch over my conversations.
4Don't let me think about evil things or take part in doing anything wrong with wicked people. I won't join in eating fancy food at their feasts.#141:4. This may refer to pagan festivals.
5Let a good person punish me in love—let them correct me. It will be like an anointing—I won't refuse it. But I still pray against those who do evil.#141:5. The Hebrew in this verse and the next is not clear.
6They shall be thrown down by the power of the rock that judges them, and then they will recognize what I said was true!
7Just as the earth is broken up by the plow, so shall their bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.#141:7. The place of the dead. This may mean they do not receive a proper burial.
8But I'm looking to you, Lord God, for I find protection in you. Don't let me die!
9Keep me safe from the traps they have set to catch me, from the snares of evil people.
10Let them fall into their own traps while I pass by unharmed.
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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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