Psalms 141
1 melody to/for David LORD to call: call to you to hasten [emph?] to/for me to listen [emph?] voice my in/on/with to call: call to I to/for you
A psalm of David. Lord, I'm calling out to you! Please hurry up and help me! Please listen to me when I cry out to you!
2 to establish: make prayer my incense to/for face: before your tribute palm my offering evening
May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.
3 to set: make [emph?] LORD guard to/for lip my to watch [emph?] upon door lips my
Lord, make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't—keep a watch over my conversations.
4 not to stretch heart my to/for word: because bad: evil to/for to abuse wantonness in/on/with wickedness with man to work evil: wickedness and not to feed on in/on/with delicacy their
Don't let me think about evil things or take part in doing anything wrong with wicked people. I won't join in eating fancy food at their feasts.
5 to smite me righteous kindness and to rebuke me oil head not to forbid head my for still and prayer my in/on/with distress: evil their
Let a good person punish me in love—let them correct me. It will be like an anointing—I won't refuse it. But I still pray against those who do evil.
6 to release in/on/with hand: bank crag to judge them and to hear: hear word my for be pleasant
They shall be thrown down by the power of the rock that judges them, and then they will recognize what I said was true!
7 like to cleave and to break up/open in/on/with land: country/planet to scatter bone our to/for lip hell: Sheol (Sheol h7585)
Just as the earth is broken up by the plough, so shall their bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
8 for to(wards) you YHWH/God Lord eye my in/on/with you to seek refuge not to uncover soul: myself my
But I'm looking to you, Lord God, for I find protection in you. Don't let me die!
9 to keep: guard me from hand: power snare to snare to/for me and snare to work evil: wickedness
Keep me safe from the traps they have set to catch me, from the snares of evil people.
10 to fall: fall in/on/with net his wicked unitedness I till to pass
Let them fall into their own traps while I pass by unharmed.
