Psalms 141

1 A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you.

A Melody of David. O Yahweh, I have cried unto thee, Make thou haste to me, Give ear unto my voice, when I cry to thee.

2 Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.

Let my prayer be set in order like incense before thee, —the lifting up of my hands, as the evening gift.

3 Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.

Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over the door of my lips.

4 Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones.

Let not my heart incline to a matter of wrong, that I should busy myself with practices in lawlessness, with men working iniquity, and let me not eat of their dainties.

5 The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.

Let a righteous man smite me—a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head [which] let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.

6 Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.

Their judges, have been hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings, for they have become sweet.

7 As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. (Sheol h7585)

As when one plougheth and furroweth the earth, Scattered about, are our bones at the mouth of hades! (Sheol h7585)

8 For mine eyes are to you, O Lord God: I have hoped in you; take not away my life.

Surely, unto thee, O Yahweh, My Lord, are mine eyes, In thee, have I sought refuge, Do not pour out my life.

9 Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.

Keep me out of the clutches of the trap they have set for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.

10 Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.

They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.