1 LORD, I call to you, be quick to listen to me when I cry out! ISV — Psalm 141:1
2 Let my prayer be like incense offered before you, and my uplifted hands like the evening sacrifice. ISV — Psalm 141:2
3 LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips. ISV — Psalm 141:3
4 Don’t let my heart turn toward evil or involve itself in wicked activities with men who practice iniquity. Let me not feast on their delicacies. ISV — Psalm 141:4
5 Let one who is righteous strike me; It is an act of gracious love. Let him rebuke me, because it is oil for my head; do not let my head refuse it. My prayers continuously will be against their wicked activities. ISV — Psalm 141:5
6 When their judges are thrown off the cliff, the people a141:6 Lit. they will hear my words, for they are appropriate. ISV — Psalm 141:6
7 Just as one plows and breaks up the earth, our b141:7 So MT LXX; DSS 11QPs reads my; Syr reads their bones are scattered near the entrance to the place of the dead. c141:7 Lit. to Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead ISV — Psalm 141:7
8 Nevertheless, my eyes are on you, Lord GOD, as I seek protection in you. Don’t leave me defenseless! ISV — Psalm 141:8
9 Protect me from the trap laid for me and from the snares of those who practice evil. ISV — Psalm 141:9
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I come through. ISV — Psalm 141:10