Psa 141 | ABEn | STEP | A psalm to David. O lord , I cried out to you. Listen to me! Take heed to the voice of my supplication in my crying to you!

Psalms 141

PSALM 141

The Troubled Soul Cries Out

A psalm to David.

1 O lord, I cried out to you. Listen to me! Take heed to the voice of my supplication in my crying to you! 2 May [²be straightened ¹my prayer] as incense before you; the raising of my hands as a sacrifice at evening. 3 Set, O lord, a watch for my mouth, and [²door ¹a citadel] for my lips! 4 You should not turn aside my heart to words of wickedness, to make excuses for sins with men working lawlessness; and in no way shall I associate myself with their choice ones. 5 [²shall correct ³me ¹The just] with mercy, and reprove me; but the oil of the sinner, let it not anoint my head! For still yet shall my prayer be against their good-pleasures. 6 [²were swallowed down ³next to ⁴the rock ¹Their judges]. They shall hear my sayings, for they are a delight. 7 As thick ground was broken asunder upon the earth, [²were dispersed ¹his bones] by Hades. 8 For unto you, O lord, O Lord, are my eyes. Upon you I hoped; you should not take away [²in return ¹my soul]. 9 Keep me from a snare which they concocted against me! and from obstacles of the ones working lawlessness. 10 [²shall fall ³in ⁴their own casting-net ¹Sinners]. [²alone ¹I am] until whenever I should pass away.