Psalms 141 — ASV

A Psalm of David.

141Verse 1Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me:
Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
^{Verse 2}Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
^{Verse 3}Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth;
Keep the door of my lips.
^{Verse 4}Incline not my heart to any evil thing,
To practise deeds of wickedness
With men that work iniquity:
And let me not eat of their dainties.
^{Verse 5}Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness;
And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head;
Let not my head refuse it:
For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
^{Verse 6}Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock;
And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
^{Verse 7}As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth,
Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
^{Verse 8}For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord:
In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.
^{Verse 9}Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,
And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
^{Verse 10}Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
Whilst that I withal escape.