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Psalm 141
Good News Translation

An Evening Prayer[a]

141 I call to you, Lord; help me now!
    Listen to me when I call to you.
2 (A)Receive my prayer as incense,
    my uplifted hands as an evening sacrifice.

3 Lord, place a guard at my mouth,
    a sentry at the door of my lips.
4 Keep me from wanting to do wrong
    and from joining evil people in their wickedness.
May I never take part in their feasts.

5 Good people may punish me and rebuke me in kindness,
    but I will never accept honor from evil people,
    because I am always praying against their evil deeds.
6 When their rulers are thrown down from rocky cliffs,
    the people will admit that my words were true.
7 Like wood that is split and chopped into bits,
    so their bones are scattered at the edge of the grave.[b]

8 But I keep trusting in you, my Sovereign Lord.
    I seek your protection;
    don't let me die!
9 Protect me from the traps they have set for me,
    from the snares of those evildoers.
10 May the wicked fall into their own traps
    while I go by unharmed.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:1 HEBREW TITLE: A psalm by David.
  2. Psalm 141:7 Verses 5-7 in Hebrew are unclear.
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Psalm 141
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Psalm 141

A psalm of David.

1 I call to you, Lord, come quickly(A) to me;
    hear me(B) when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before you like incense;(C)
    may the lifting up of my hands(D) be like the evening sacrifice.(E)

3 Set a guard over my mouth,(F) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.(G)
4 Do not let my heart(H) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds(I)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.(J)

5 Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me(K)—that is oil on my head.(L)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

6 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,(M)
    and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 They will say, “As one plows(N) and breaks up the earth,(O)
    so our bones have been scattered at the mouth(P) of the grave.”

8 But my eyes are fixed(Q) on you, Sovereign Lord;
    in you I take refuge(R)—do not give me over to death.
9 Keep me safe(S) from the traps set by evildoers,(T)
    from the snares(U) they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall(V) into their own nets,
    while I pass by in safety.(W)

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