King James VersionPsalms141

Psalms

1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth be­fore thee as in­cense; and the lift­ing up of my hands as the evening sac­ri­fice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, be­fore my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4 In­cline not my heart to any evil thing, to prac­tise wicked works with men that work in­iq­ui­ty: and let me not eat of their dain­ties.
5 Let the righ­teous smite me; it shall be a kind­ness: and let him re­prove me; it shall be an ex­cel­lent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calami­ties.
6 When their judges are over­thrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scat­tered at the grave's mouth, as when one cut­teth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul des­ti­tute.
9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the work­ers of in­iq­ui­ty.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I with­al es­cape.