Psalm 141 - Modern English Version

A Psalm of David.

¹ O  Lord, I cry unto You; make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry unto You.

² Let my prayer be set as incense before You, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

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

⁴ Let not my heart incline to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.

⁵ Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness. Let him rebuke me; it shall be an excellent oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is still against the deeds of the wicked.

⁶ Their judges are thrown over the sides of the cliff, and they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

⁷ As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

⁸ But my eyes are toward You, O  God, my Lord; in You do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.

⁹ Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and from the traps of those who work iniquity.

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