Psalms 141
O Lord, I have called on you. Come to me quickly!
Fifth Book of the Psalms1
The LORD, I have called on you.Come to me quickly!Listen to my voice when I call to you.
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Set a watch, The LORD, before my mouth.Keep the door of my lips.
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Don't incline my heart to any evil thing,to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity.Don't let me eat of their delicacies.
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Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head;don't let my head refuse it;Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
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Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock.They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
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"As when one plows and breaks up the earth,our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol."
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For my eyes are on you, The LORD, the Lord.In you, I take refuge.Don't leave my soul destitute.
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Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
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Let the wicked fall together into their own nets,while I pass by.
Ps 141:1-10. This Psalm evinces its authorship as the preceding, by its structure and the character of its contents. It is a prayer for deliverance from sins to which affliction tempted him, and from the enemies who caused it.