Psalm 141 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

A Psalm of David.

¹ I call upon thee, O Lord; make haste to me! Give ear to my voice, when I call to thee!

² Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice!

³ Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord, keep watch over the door of my lips!

⁴ Incline not my heart to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties!

⁵ Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head; for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

⁶ When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that the word of the Lord is true.

⁷ As a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land, so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.

⁸ But my eyes are toward thee, O Lord God; in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!

⁹ Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers!

¹⁰ Let the wicked together fall into their own nets, while I escape.