Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the [a]door of my lips.

Incline not mine heart to evil, that I should commit wicked works with them that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their [b]delicates.

Let the righteous smite me: for that is a benefit: and let [c]him reprove me, and it shall be a precious oil that shall not break mine head: for within a while I shall even [d]pray in their miseries.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:3 He desireth God to keep his thoughts and ways either from thinking or executing vengeance.
  2. Psalm 141:4 Let not their prosperity allure me to be wicked as they are.
  3. Psalm 141:5 He could abide all corrections, that came of a loving heart.
  4. Psalm 141:5 By patience I shall see the wicked so sharply handled, that I shall for pity pray for them.

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