Psalms 141
1Yahweh, I am crying out to you; come quickly to me. 1 Listen to me when I call to you. 1
2May my prayer be like incense before you; 1 may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice. 1
3Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth; 1 guard the door of my lips. 1
4Do not let my heart desire any evil thing 1 or participate in sinful activities 1 with men who behave wickedly. 1 May I not eat any of their delicacies. 1
5Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me. 1 Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head; 1 may my head not refuse to accept it. 1 But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds. 1
6Their leaders will be thrown down from the top of cliffs; 1 they will hear that my own words are pleasant. 1
7They will have to say, “As when one plows and breaks up the ground, 1 so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” 1
8Surely my eyes are on you, Yahweh, Lord; 1 in you I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless. 1
9Protect me from the snares that they have laid for me, 1 from the traps of evildoers. 1
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets 1 while I escape.