Psalms 141
141
An Evening Prayer#Ps 141 Hebrew title: A psalm by David.
1I call to you, LORD; help me now!
Listen to me when I call to you.
2 #
Rev 5.8
Receive my prayer as incense,
my uplifted hands as an evening sacrifice.
3 LORD, place a guard at my mouth,
a sentry at the door of my lips.
4Keep me from wanting to do wrong
and from joining evil people in their wickedness.
May I never take part in their feasts.
5Good people may punish me and rebuke me in kindness,
but I will never accept honour from evil people,
because I am always praying against their evil deeds.
6When their rulers are thrown down from rocky cliffs,
the people will admit that my words were true.
7Like wood that is split and chopped into bits,
so their bones are scattered at the edge of the grave.#141.7 Verses 5–7 in Hebrew are unclear.
8But I keep trusting in you, my Sovereign LORD.
I seek your protection;
don't let me die!
9Protect me from the traps they have set for me,
from the snares of those evildoers.
10May the wicked fall into their own traps
while I go by unharmed.
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Psalms 141
141
A Psalm of David.
1I call upon thee, O Lord; make haste to me!
Give ear to my voice, when I call to thee!
2 #
Rev 5.8; 8.3-4. Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee,
and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice!
3Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord,
keep watch over the door of my lips!
4Incline not my heart to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men who work iniquity;
and let me not eat of their dainties!
5Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness,
but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head;#141.5 Gk: Heb obscure
for my prayer is continually#141.5 Cn: Heb for continually and my prayer against their wicked deeds.
6When they are given over to those who shall condemn them,
then they shall learn that the word of the Lord is true.
7As a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land,
so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.#141.7 The Hebrew of verses 5-7 is obscure
8But my eyes are toward thee, O Lord God;
in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
9Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me,
and from the snares of evildoers!
10Let the wicked together fall into their own nets,
while I escape.
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