Ps 141:1O LORD, I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You!
Ps 141:2May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
Ps 141:3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Ps 141:4Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who do iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Ps 141:5¶ Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.
Ps 141:6Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
Ps 141:7As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Ps 141:8¶ For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.
Ps 141:9Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do iniquity.
Ps 141:10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely.