Psa 141 | LSB | STEP | A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You!

Psalms 141

Psalm 141

My Prayer as Incense Before You

A Psalm of David.

1 O Yahweh, I call upon You; hasten to me!
Give ear to my voice when I call to You!
2 May my prayer be established as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
3 Set a guard, O Yahweh, ^{▼▼Lit to}over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds in wickedness
With men who are workers of iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous smite me in lovingkindness and reprove me;
It is oil upon the head;
Let not my head refuse it,
^{▼▼ Lit And my prayer}For still my prayer is ^{▼▼Or in spite of their calamities}against their evil deeds.
6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one plows and splits open the earth,
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 For my eyes are toward You, O Yahweh, O Lord;
In You I take refuge; do not pour out my soul to death.
9 Keep me from the ^{▼▼Lit hands}jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
As for myself—meanwhile, I am passing by.