Psalms 141
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Psalm 141
Prayer for Preservation from Evil
A Psalm of David.
1 #
Ps 22.19; 70.5; 143.1 I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me;
give ear to my voice when I call to you.
2 #
Ex 29.39; Ps 134.2; Rev 5.8; 8.3 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you
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.
4 #
Ps 119.36; Prov 23.6 Do not turn my heart to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with those who work iniquity;
do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 #
Ps 23.5; 35.14; Prov 9.8 Let the righteous strike me;
let the faithful correct me.
Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head,#141.5 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
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 my words were pleasant.
7 #
Ps 53.5
Like a rock that one breaks apart and shatters on the land,
so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.#141.7 Meaning of Heb of 141.5–7 is uncertain
8 #
Ps 2.12; 25.15; 27.9 But my eyes are turned toward you, O God, my Lord;
in you I seek refuge; do not leave me defenseless.
9 #
Ps 38.12; 140.5 Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers.
10 #
Ps 35.8
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I alone escape.
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