Psalm 141
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 141
Protection from Sin and Sinners
A Davidic psalm.
1 Lord, I call on You; hurry to help me.
Listen to my voice when I call on You.(A)
2 May my prayer be set before You as incense,(B)
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.(C)
3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.(D)
4 Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing
or perform wicked acts
with men who commit sin.
Do not let me feast on their delicacies.(E)
5 Let 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)
6 When 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)
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our[e] bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.(I)
8 But my eyes look to You, Lord God.
I seek refuge in You; do not let me die.[f](J)
9 Protect me from[g] the trap they have set for me,
and from the snares of evildoers.(K)
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.(L)
Footnotes
- Psalm 141:5 Lit my head
- Psalm 141:5 Lit of them
- Psalm 141:6 Or judges
- Psalm 141:6 Lit cliff, and they
- Psalm 141:7 DSS reads my; some LXX mss, Syr read their
- Psalm 141:8 Or not pour out my life
- Psalm 141:9 Lit from the hands of
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