Psalm 141:1–10

¹I call to you, Lord, come quickly^t to me;

hear me^u when I call to you.

²May my prayer be set before you like incense;^v

may the lifting up of my hands^w be like the evening sacrifice.^x

³Set a guard over my mouth,^y Lord;

keep watch over the door of my lips.^z

⁴Do not let my heart^a be drawn to what is evil

so that I take part in wicked deeds^b

along with those who are evildoers;

do not let me eat their delicacies.^c

⁵Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;

let him rebuke me^d—that is oil on my head.^e

My head will not refuse it,

for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

⁶Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,^f

and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.

⁷They will say, “As one plows^g and breaks up the earth,^h

so our bones have been scattered at the mouthⁱ of the grave.”

⁸But my eyes are fixed^j on you, Sovereign Lord;

in you I take refuge^k—do not give me over to death.

⁹Keep me safe^l from the traps set by evildoers,^m

from the snaresⁿ they have laid for me.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall^o into their own nets,

while I pass by in safety.^p