Psalms 141:4-9

⁴Do not let my heart desire any evil thing or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. May I not eat any of their delicacies.

⁵Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me. Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head; may my head not refuse to accept it. But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds.

⁶Their leaders will be thrown down from the top of cliffs; they will hear that my own words are pleasant.

⁷They will have to say, “As when one plows and breaks up the ground, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”

⁸Surely my eyes are on you, Yahweh, Lord; in you I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

⁹Protect me from the snares that they have laid for me, from the traps of evildoers.