Psalm 141
A psalm of David.
1 I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;
hear meMay my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil
so that I take part in wicked deeds
along with those who are evildoers;
do not let me eat their delicacies.Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head.
My head will not refuse it,
for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
6 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
8 But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;
in you I take refugeKeep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,
from the snaresLet the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.