Psalm 141

Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 141

Protection from Sin and Sinners

A psalm of David.

¹Lord, I call on you; hurry to help me.
Listen to my voice when I call on you.^(A)
²May my prayer be set before you as incense,^(B)
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.^(C)

³Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.^(D)
⁴Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing
or perform wicked acts with evildoers.
Do not let me feast on their delicacies.^(E)
⁵Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me^[a] not refuse it.^(F)
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.^[b]^(G)
⁶When their rulers^[c] will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people^[d] will listen to my words,
for they are pleasing.^(H)

⁷As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our^[e] bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.^(I)

⁸But my eyes look to you, Lord, my Lord.
I seek refuge in you; do not let me die.^[f]^(J)
⁹Protect me from the trap they have set for me,
and from the snares of evildoers.^(K)
¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.^(L)

Footnotes

141:5 Lit my head
141:5 Lit of them
141:6 Or judges
141:6 Lit cliff, and they
141:7 DSS reads my; some LXX mss, Syr read their
141:8 Or not pour out my life

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