Psalms 141:1-9

¹A Psalm of David. Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; Give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

²Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

³Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

⁴Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

⁵Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: And let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, Which shall not break my head: For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

⁶When their judges are overthrown in stony places, They shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

⁷Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, As when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

⁸But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

⁹Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And the grins of the workers of iniquity.