Psalm 141

A psalm of David.

¹I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;

hear me when I call to you.

²May my prayer be set before you like incense;

may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.

³Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;

keep watch over the door of my lips.

⁴Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil

so that I take part in wicked deeds

along with those who are evildoers;

do not let me eat their delicacies.

⁵Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;

let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head.

My head will not refuse it,

for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

⁶Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,

and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.

⁷They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,

so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”

⁸But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;

in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.

⁹Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,

from the snares they have laid for me.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

while I pass by in safety.