Psalm 141:1–142:7
Make haste to me!
Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
2 Let my prayer be set before You aas incense,
bThe lifting up of my hands as cthe evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my dmouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
eAnd do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 fLet the righteous strike me;
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.
For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the 1cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
8 But gmy eyes are upon You, O God the Lord;
In You I take refuge;
2Do not leave my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from hthe snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 iLet the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.
A Plea for Relief from Persecutors
A aContemplation 1Of David. A Prayer bWhen He Was in the Cave.
1 I cry out to the Lord with my voice;
With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication.
2 I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare before Him my trouble.
3 When my spirit 2was coverwhelmed within me,
Then You knew my path.
In the way in which I walk
They have secretly dset a snare for me.
4 Look on my right hand and see,
For there is no one who acknowledges me;
Refuge has failed me;
No one cares for my soul.
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.
6 3Attend to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may epraise Your name;
The righteous shall surround me,
For You shall deal bountifully with me.”