PSALM 141

A Psalm of David.

1 I call upon thee, O Lord; make haste to me!

Give ear to my voice, when I call to thee!

2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee,

and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice!

3 Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord,

keep watch over the door of my lips!

4 Incline not my heart to any evil,

to busy myself with wicked deeds

in company with men who work iniquity;

and let me not eat of their dainties!

5 Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness,

but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head;a

for my prayer is continuallyb against their wicked deeds.

6 When they are given over to those who shall condemn them,

then they shall learn that the word of the Lord is true.

7 As a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land,

so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.*

8 But my eyes are toward thee, O Lord God;

in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!

9 Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me,

and from the snares of evildoers!

10 Let the wicked together fall into their own nets,

while I escape.