Psalm 141

An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.

¹Lord , I call upon You; hurry to me!

Listen to my voice when I call to You!

²May my prayer be counted as incense before You;[#141:2 Lit fixed]

The raising of my hands as the evening offering.

³Set a guard, Lord , over my mouth;[#141:3 Lit to]

Keep watch over the door of my lips.

⁴Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,

To practice deeds of wickedness

With people who do wrong;

And may I not taste their delicacies.

⁵¶May the righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me;

It is oil for the head;

My head shall not refuse it,

For my prayer is still against their evil deeds.

⁶Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock,

And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

⁷As when one plows and breaks open the earth,

Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

⁸¶For my eyes are toward You, God , the Lord;[#141:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord]

In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.

⁹Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,[#141:9 Lit hands of the trap]

And from the snares of those who do wrong.

¹⁰May the wicked fall into their own nets,

While I pass by safely.