Psalms 141 — T4T

A psalm written by David

141Verse 1Yahweh, I call out to you;please help me quickly!Listen to me when I am calling to you.
^{Verse 2}Accept my prayer as though it were incense being burned as an offering [SIM] to you.And accept me while I lift up my hands to pray to you
like you accept sacrifices that I offer to you each evening [SIM].^{Verse 3}Yahweh, do not allow me to say [MTY] things that are wrong;guard my lips.^{Verse 4}Prevent me from wanting to do anything that is wrong,and from joining with wicked men when they want to do evil deeds [DOU].Do not even allow me to share in eating delightful food with them!^{Verse 5}It is all right if righteous people strike/hit me or rebuke mebecause they are trying to act kindly toward me to teach me to do what is right,but I do not want wicked people to honor me by anointing my head with olive oil;I am always praying that you will punish them because of the wicked deeds that they do.^{Verse 6}When their rulers are thrown down from the top of rocky cliffs,people will know that what you, Yahweh, said about them is true.^{Verse 7}Like a log that is split and cut into small pieces [SIM],their shattered bones will be scattered on the ground near other graves.^{Verse 8}But Yahweh God, I continue to ask you to help me.I ask you to protect me;
do not allow me to ◄die/be killed► now!^{Verse 9}It is as though people have set traps for me;protect me from falling into those traps,
It is as though they have spread nets to catch me;
keep me from being caught in those nets.^{Verse 10}I desire that wicked people will fall into the traps they have set to catch mewhile I escape from them.