Psalms 141

141

A Prayer Not to Sin

A psalm of David.

1Lord, I call to you. Come quickly.

Listen to me when I call to you.

2Let my prayer be like incense placed before you,

and my praise like the evening sacrifice.

3Lord, help me control my tongue;

help me be careful about what I say.

4Take away my desire to do evil

or to join others in doing wrong.

Don’t let me eat tasty food

with those who do evil.

5If a good person punished me, that would be kind.

If he corrected me, that would be like perfumed oil on my head.

I shouldn’t refuse it.

But I pray against those who do evil.

6Let their leaders be thrown down the cliffs.

Then people will know that I have spoken correctly:

7“The ground is plowed and broken up.

In the same way, our bones have been scattered at the grave.”

8God, I look to you for help.

I trust in you, Lord. Don’t let me die.

9Protect me from the traps they set for me

and from the net that evil people have spread.

10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

but let me pass by safely.

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