Give Ear to My Voice
A Psalm of David.
141 O Lord, I call upon you; (A)hasten to me!
Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
2 Let (B)my prayer be counted as incense before you,
and (C)the lifting up of my hands as (D)the evening sacrifice!
3 (E)Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
(F)keep watch over the door of my lips!
4 (G)Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men who (H)work iniquity,
and (I)let me not eat of their delicacies!
5 (J)Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet (K)my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
6 When their judges are (L)thrown over the cliff,[a]
then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one ploughs and breaks up the earth,
so shall our bones (M)be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.[b]
8 But (N)my eyes are towards you, O God, my Lord;
(O)in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenceless![c]
9 Keep me from (P)the trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers!
10 Let the wicked (Q)fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.
Footnotes
- Psalm 141:6 Or When their judges fall into the hands of the Rock
- Psalm 141:7 The meaning of the Hebrew in verses 6, 7 is uncertain
- Psalm 141:8 Hebrew refuge; do not pour out my life!
Cross references
- Psalm 141:1 : Ps. 40:13; 70:5
- Psalm 141:2 : Luke 1:10; Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4
- Psalm 141:2 : See Ps. 28:2
- Psalm 141:2 : See Ex. 29:41
- Psalm 141:3 : Ps. 34:13
- Psalm 141:3 : Mic. 7:5
- Psalm 141:4 : Ps. 119:36
- Psalm 141:4 : ver. 9; Ps. 94:4
- Psalm 141:4 : Prov. 23:6
- Psalm 141:5 : [Prov. 9:8; 19:25; 25:12; 27:6; Eccles. 7:5]
- Psalm 141:5 : [Ps. 109:4]
- Psalm 141:6 : 2 Chr. 25:12; [Luke 4:29]
- Psalm 141:7 : Ps. 53:5; [Ezek. 37:1]
- Psalm 141:8 : Ps. 25:15
- Psalm 141:8 : See Ps. 11:1
- Psalm 141:9 : See Ps. 140:5
- Psalm 141:10 : [Ps. 7:15]