Psalm 141
141
Give Ear to My Voice
A Psalm of David.
1O Lord, I call upon you; #Ps. 40:13; 70:5hasten to me!
Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
2Let #Luke 1:10; Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4 my prayer be counted as incense before you,
and #See Ps. 28:2 the lifting up of my hands as #See Ex. 29:41the evening sacrifice!
3 #
Ps. 34:13 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
#
Mic. 7:5
keep watch over the door of my lips!
4 #
Ps. 119:36 Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men who #ver. 9; Ps. 94:4 work iniquity,
and #Prov. 23:6let me not eat of their delicacies!
5 # [Prov. 9:8; 19:25; 25:12; 27:6; Eccles. 7:5] Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet #[Ps. 109:4]my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
6When their judges are #2 Chr. 25:12; [Luke 4:29]thrown over the cliff,#141:6 Or When their judges fall into the hands of the Rock
then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
so shall our bones #Ps. 53:5; [Ezek. 37:1]be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.#141:7 The meaning of the Hebrew in verses 6, 7 is uncertain
8But #Ps. 25:15 my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord;
# See Ps. 11:1 in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!#141:8 Hebrew refuge; do not pour out my life!
9Keep me from #See Ps. 140:5the trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers!
10Let the wicked #[Ps. 7:15]fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.
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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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