Psalm 141
1 {\i A Psalm of David.} - O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a {Lit. a door of fortification} strong door about by lips.
4 Incline not my heart to evil things, to {Gr. pretend pretences} employ pretexts {Gr. in} for sins, with men who work iniquity: and {Gr. I will not} let me not unite with their choice ones.
5 The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their {q. d. lest I be injured by them} pleasures.
6 Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave.
8 For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
10 Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.