141Psalms 141

1Lord, I cry to you: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to you.Select Psalms 141:1

2Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.Select Psalms 141:2

3Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.Select Psalms 141:3

4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.Select Psalms 141:4

5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.Select Psalms 141:5

6When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.Select Psalms 141:6

7Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood on the earth.Select Psalms 141:7

8But my eyes are to you, O GOD the Lord: in you is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.Select Psalms 141:8

9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.Select Psalms 141:9

10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I with escape.Select Psalms 141:10