Psalms 141
141
Protection from Sin and Sinners
A Davidic psalm.
1Lord, 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
3Lord, 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 men who commit sin.
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 # Lit my head not refuse it. # Ec 7:5; Gl 6:1
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked. # Lit of them # Ps 109:4
6When their rulers # Or judges will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people # 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 # 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 God.
I seek refuge in You; do not let me die. # Or not pour out my life # Ps 7:1; 57:1; 144:2
9Protect me from # Lit from the hands of 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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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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