Psalms 141
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
1Of understanding for David. A prayer when he was in the cave. [1 Kings 24]
2May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
2I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.
3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
3In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:
4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
4When my spirit failed me, then thou newest my paths.
5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
5I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.
6When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
6I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
7Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
8But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
8Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.
9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
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10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
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