PSALM 141

Prayer for Preservation from Evil

Psalm 141:1 I call upon you, O LORD; make haste to me! Give ear to my voice, when I call to you!

Psalm 141:2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice!

Psalm 141:3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD, keep watch over the door of my lips!

Psalm 141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties!

Psalm 141:5 Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head;  for my prayer is continually  against their wicked deeds.

Psalm 141:6 When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that the word of the LORD is true.

Psalm 141:7 As a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land, so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.

Psalm 141:8 But my eyes are toward you, O LORD God; in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!

Psalm 141:9 Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers!

Psalm 141:10 Let the wicked together fall into their own nets, while I escape.