Psalm 141

New King James Version

Prayer for Safekeeping from Wickedness

A Psalm of David.

141 Lord, I cry out to You;
Make haste to me!
Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
²Let my prayer be set before You ^(A)as incense,
^(B)The lifting up of my hands as ^(C)the evening sacrifice.

³Set a guard, O Lord, over my ^(D)mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
⁴Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
^(E)And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

⁵^(F)Let the righteous strike me;
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.

For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
⁶Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the ^[a]cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
⁷Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
As when one plows and breaks up the earth.

⁸But ^(G)my eyes are upon You, O God the Lord;
In You I take refuge;
^[b]Do not leave my soul destitute.
⁹Keep me from ^(H)the snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
¹⁰^(I)Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.

Footnotes

Psalm 141:6 rock
Psalm 141:8 Lit. Do not make my soul bare

Revelation 20

New King James Version

Satan Bound 1,000 Years

20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, ^(A)having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. ²He laid hold of ^(B)the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; ³and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and ^(C)set a seal on him, ^(D)so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

The Saints Reign with Christ 1,000 Years

⁴And I saw ^(E)thrones, and they sat on them, and ^(F)judgment was committed to them. Then I saw ^(G)the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, ^(H)who had not worshiped the beast ^(I)or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they ^(J)lived and ^(K)reigned with Christ for ^[a]a thousand years. ⁵But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. ⁶Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such ^(L)the second death has no power, but they shall be ^(M)priests of God and of Christ, ^(N)and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Satanic Rebellion Crushed^(O)

⁷Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸and will go out ^(P)to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, ^(Q)Gog and Magog, ^(R)to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. ⁹^(S)They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone ^(T)where^[b] the beast and the false prophet are. And they ^(U)will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

The Great White Throne Judgment

¹¹Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face ^(V)the earth and the heaven fled away. ^(W)And there was found no place for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, ^(X)small and great, standing before ^[c]God, ^(Y)and books were opened. And another ^(Z)book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged ^(AA)according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. ¹³The sea gave up the dead who were in it, ^(AB)and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. ^(AC)And they were judged, each one according to his works. ¹⁴Then ^(AD)Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. ^(AE)This is the second ^[d]death. ¹⁵And anyone not found written in the Book of Life ^(AF)was cast into the lake of fire.