Psalms 141
Prayer for Preservation from Evil
A Psalm of David.
1
I call upon you, O LORD; come quickly to me;
give ear to my voice when I call to you.
2
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,
and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
3
Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
4
Do not turn my heart to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with those who work iniquity;
do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5
Let the righteous strike me;
let the faithful correct me.
Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head,
for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.
6
When they are given over to those who shall condemn them,
then they shall learn that my words were pleasant.
7
Like a rock that one breaks apart and shatters on the land,
so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
8
But my eyes are turned toward you, O GOD, my Lord;
in you I seek refuge; do not leave me defenseless.
9
Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me,
and from the snares of evildoers.
10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I alone escape.
New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition
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