Psalm 141:title–10

Give Ear to My Voice

141A Psalm of David.

¹O Lord, I call upon you; ^thasten to me!

Give ear to my voice when I call to you!

²Let ^umy prayer be counted as incense before you,

and ^vthe lifting up of my hands as ^wthe evening sacrifice!

^3xSet a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;

^ykeep watch over the door of my lips!

^4zDo not let my heart incline to any evil,

to busy myself with wicked deeds

in company with men who ^awork iniquity,

and ^blet me not eat of their delicacies!

^5cLet 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 ^dmy prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

⁶When their judges are ^ethrown over the cliff,¹

then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.

⁷As when one plows and breaks up the earth,

so shall our bones ^fbe scattered at the mouth of Sheol.²

⁸But ^gmy eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord;

^hin you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!³

⁹Keep me from ⁱthe trap that they have laid for me

and from the snares of evildoers!

¹⁰Let the wicked ^jfall into their own nets,

while I pass by safely.