Chapter 141
1 LORD , I have called on you . Come to me quickly ! Listen to my voice when I call to you .
2 Let my prayer be set before you like incense ; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice .
3 Set a watch , LORD , before my mouth . Keep the door of my lips .
4 Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing , to practise deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity . Don’t let me eat of their delicacies .
5 Let the righteous strike me , it is kindness ; let him reprove me , it is like oil on the head ; don’t let my head refuse it ; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds .
6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock . They will hear my words, for they are well spoken .
7 " As when one ploughs and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol ."
8 For my eyes are on you , LORD , the Lord . I take refuge in you . Don’t leave my soul destitute .
9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me , from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by .