| Chapter 141 |
1 | A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to Thee. |
2 | My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present. |
3 | Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips. |
4 | Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things. |
5 | The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations. |
6 | Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant. |
7 | As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul. |
8 | But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, [are] mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul. |
9 | Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity. |
10 | The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over! |