Psalm 141

PSALM 141

An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.

A Psalm of David.

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

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

²May my prayer be ¹counted as ^aincense before You;

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

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

Keep watch over the ^bdoor of my lips.

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

To practice deeds ¹of wickedness

With men who ^bdo iniquity;

And ^cdo not let me eat of their delicacies.

⁵Let the ^arighteous smite me ¹in kindness and reprove me;

It is ^boil upon the head;

Do not let my head refuse it,

²For still my prayer ^cis ³against their wicked deeds.

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

And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

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

Our ^bbones have been scattered at the ^cmouth of ¹Sheol.

⁸For my ^aeyes are toward You, O ¹God, the Lord;

In You I ^btake refuge; ^cdo not ²leave me defenseless.

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

And from the ^bsnares of those who do iniquity.

¹⁰Let the wicked ^afall into their own nets,

While I pass by ^1bsafely.