An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.
A Psalm of David.
141 Lord, I call upon You; (A)hurry to me!
(B)Listen to my voice when I call to You!
2 May my prayer be [a]counted as (C)incense before You;
The (D)raising of my hands as the (E)evening offering.
3 Set a (F)guard, Lord, [b]over my mouth;
Keep watch over the (G)door of my lips.
4 (H)Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds [c]of wickedness
With people who (I)do wrong;
And (J)may I not taste their delicacies.
5 May the (K)righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me;
It is (L)oil for the head;
My head shall not refuse it,
For my prayer (M)is still against their evil deeds.
6 Their judges are (N)thrown down by the sides of the rock,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one (O)plows and breaks open the earth,
Our (P)bones have been scattered at the (Q)mouth of [d]Sheol.
8 For my (R)eyes are toward You, [e]God, the Lord;
In You I (S)take refuge; (T)do not [f]leave me defenseless.
9 Keep me from the [g](U)jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the (V)snares of those who do wrong.
10 May the wicked (W)fall into their own nets,
While I pass by [h](X)safely.
Footnotes
- Psalm 141:2 Lit fixed
- Psalm 141:3 Lit to
- Psalm 141:4 Lit in
- Psalm 141:7 I.e., the netherworld
- Psalm 141:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Psalm 141:8 Lit pour out my soul
- Psalm 141:9 Lit hands of the trap
- Psalm 141:10 Lit altogether
Cross references
- Psalm 141:1 : Ps 22:19; 38:22; 70:5
- Psalm 141:1 : Ps 5:1; 143:1
- Psalm 141:2 : Ex 30:8; Luke 1:10; Rev 5:8; 8:3, 4
- Psalm 141:2 : 1 Tim 2:8
- Psalm 141:2 : Ex 29:39, 41; 1 Kin 18:29, 36; Dan 9:21
- Psalm 141:3 : Ps 34:13; 39:1; Prov 13:3; 21:23
- Psalm 141:3 : Mic 7:5
- Psalm 141:4 : Ps 119:36
- Psalm 141:4 : Is 32:6; Hos 6:8; Mal 3:15
- Psalm 141:4 : Prov 23:6
- Psalm 141:5 : Prov 9:8; 19:25; 25:12; 27:6; Eccl 7:5; Gal 6:1
- Psalm 141:5 : Ps 23:5; 133:2
- Psalm 141:5 : Ps 35:14
- Psalm 141:6 : 2 Chr 25:12
- Psalm 141:7 : Ps 129:3
- Psalm 141:7 : Ps 53:5
- Psalm 141:7 : Num 16:32, 33; Ps 88:3-5
- Psalm 141:8 : Ps 25:15; 123:2
- Psalm 141:8 : Ps 2:12; 11:1
- Psalm 141:8 : Ps 27:9
- Psalm 141:9 : Ps 38:12; 64:5; 91:3; 119:110
- Psalm 141:9 : Ps 140:5
- Psalm 141:10 : Ps 7:15; 35:8; 57:6
- Psalm 141:10 : Ps 124:7