Psalm 141

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Psalm 141

An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.

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O Lord, I call upon You; ^(A)hasten to me!
^(B)Give ear to my voice when I call to You!

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May my prayer be ^(a)counted as ^(C)incense before You;
The ^(D)lifting up of my hands as the ^(E)evening offering.

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Set a ^(F)guard, O Lord, ^(b)over my mouth;
Keep watch over the ^(G)door of my lips.

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^(H)Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds ^(c)of wickedness
With men who ^(I)do iniquity;
And ^(J)do not let me eat of their delicacies.

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Let the ^(K)righteous smite me ^(d)in kindness and reprove me;
It is ^(L)oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
^(e)For still my prayer ^(M)is ^(f)against their wicked deeds.

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Their judges are ^(N)thrown down by the sides of the rock,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

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As when one ^(O)plows and breaks open the earth,
Our ^(P)bones have been scattered at the ^(Q)mouth of ^(g)Sheol.

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For my ^(R)eyes are toward You, O ^(h)God, the Lord;
In You I ^(S)take refuge; ^(T)do not ⁽ⁱ⁾leave me defenseless.

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Keep me from the ^(j)^(U)jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the ^(V)snares of those who do iniquity.

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Let the wicked ^(W)fall into their own nets,
While I pass by ^(k)^(X)safely.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 141:2: ['Lit ', fixed]

b. Psalm 141:3: ['Lit ', to]

c. Psalm 141:4: ['Lit ', in]

d. Psalm 141:5: ['Or ', lovingly]

e. Psalm 141:5: ['Lit ', And my prayer]

f. Psalm 141:5: ['Or ', in spite of their calamities]

g. Psalm 141:7: ['I.e. the nether world']

h. Psalm 141:8: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

i. Psalm 141:8: ['Lit ', pour out my soul]

j. Psalm 141:9: ['Lit ', hands of the trap]

k. Psalm 141:10: ['Lit ', altogether]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 141:1: Psalm 22:19; Psalm 38:22; Psalm 70:5

B. Psalm 141:1: Psalm 5:1; Psalm 143:1

C. Psalm 141:2: Exodus 30:8; Luke 1:10; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3; Revelation 8:4

D. Psalm 141:2: 1 Timothy 2:8

E. Psalm 141:2: Exodus 29:39; Exodus 29:41; Exodus 29:36; Daniel 9:21

F. Psalm 141:3: Psalm 34:13; Psalm 39:1; Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 21:23

G. Psalm 141:3: Micah 7:5

H. Psalm 141:4: Psalm 119:36

I. Psalm 141:4: Isaiah 32:6; Hosea 6:8; Malachi 3:15

J. Psalm 141:4: Proverbs 23:6

K. Psalm 141:5: Proverbs 9:8; Proverbs 19:25; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 27:6; Galatians 6:1

L. Psalm 141:5: Psalm 23:5; Psalm 133:2

M. Psalm 141:5: Psalm 35:14

O. Psalm 141:7: Psalm 129:3

P. Psalm 141:7: Psalm 53:5

Q. Psalm 141:7: Numbers 16:32; Numbers 16:33; Psalm 88:3-5

R. Psalm 141:8: Psalm 25:15; Psalm 123:2

S. Psalm 141:8: Psalm 2:12; Psalm 11:1

T. Psalm 141:8: Psalm 27:9

U. Psalm 141:9: Psalm 38:12; Psalm 64:5; Psalm 91:3; Psalm 119:110

V. Psalm 141:9: Psalm 140:5

W. Psalm 141:10: Psalm 7:15; Psalm 35:8; Psalm 57:6

X. Psalm 141:10: Psalm 124:7