Psalm 141

PSALM 141

My Prayer as Incense Before You

A Psalm of David.

¹O Yahweh, I call upon You; ^ahasten to me!

^bGive ear to my voice when I call to You!

²May my prayer be established as ^aincense before You;

The ^blifting up of my hands as the ^cevening offering.

³Set a ^aguard, O Yahweh, ¹over my mouth;

Keep watch over the ^bdoor of my lips.

^4aDo not incline my heart to any evil thing,

To practice deeds in wickedness

With men who are ^bworkers of iniquity;

And ^cdo not let me eat of their delicacies.

⁵Let the ^arighteous smite me in lovingkindness and reprove me;

It is ^boil upon the head;

Let not my head refuse it,

¹For still my prayer ^cis ²against their evil deeds.

⁶Their judges are ^athrown down by the sides of the cliff,

And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

⁷As when one ^aplows and splits open the earth,

Our ^bbones have been scattered at the ^cmouth of Sheol.

⁸For my ^aeyes are toward You, O Yahweh, O Lord;

In You I ^btake refuge; ^cdo not pour out my soul to death.

⁹Keep me from the ^1ajaws of the trap which they have set for me,

And from the ^bsnares of workers of iniquity.

¹⁰Let the wicked ^afall into their own nets,

As for myself—meanwhile, ^bI am passing by.