Psalms 141 — ULB

A psalm of David.

141Verse 1Yahweh, I am crying out to you; come quickly to me.
Listen to me when I call to you.
^{Verse 2}May my prayer be like incense before you;
may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice.
^{Verse 3}Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth;
guard the door of my lips.
^{Verse 4}Do not let my heart desire any evil thing
or participate in sinful activities
with men who behave wickedly.
May I not eat any of their delicacies.
^{Verse 5}Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me.
Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head;
may my head not refuse to accept it.
But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds.
^{Verse 6}Their leaders will be thrown down from the top of cliffs;
they will hear that my own words are pleasant.
^{Verse 7}They will have to say, “As when one plows and breaks up the ground,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”
^{Verse 8}Surely my eyes are on you, Yahweh, Lord;
in you I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
^{Verse 9}Protect me from the snares that they have laid for me,
from the traps of evildoers.
^{Verse 10}Let the wicked fall into their own nets
while I escape.