Psalms

Psalm 141

1David prayeth that his suit may be acceptable, 3his conscience free from guilt, 9and his person safe from the snares of the wicked.


0A Psalm of David.

1LORD, aI cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

a Ps. 130.1,2; 70.1,5; 4.1; 5.1,7; 18.6; 31.4-6.

2Let my prayer be 1set forth before thee as bincense; and cthe lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

1Heb. directed.

b Re. 5.8; 8.3,4. Ex. 30.7,8. Lu. 1.10. c 1Ti. 2.8. Ps. 28.2; 63.4; 134.2. Ex. 29.39-42.

3dSet a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

d Ps. 16.1; 17.4,5,8; 71.8; 39.1. Ja. 1.26; 3.2.

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

e Ps. 119.36. Mat. 6.13. Ja. 1.13. f Pr. 23.6; 1.10-19; 7.7-23; 9.17.

52Let gthe 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 hyet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

2Or, Let the righteous smite me kindly and reprove me, let not their precious oil break my head.

g Pr. 9.8; 19.25; 25.12; 27.6; 6.23; 15.5,32,33. Ga. 6.1. Le. 19.17. Mat. 18.15. h Ja. 5.16. Mat. 5.44.

6When itheir judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; jfor they are sweet.

i 1Sa. 31.1,8; 24.9-19; 26.17-25. 2Sa. 1.17-27. j 2Sa. 23.1.

7Our kbones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

k 1Sa. 22.18,19. Re. 11.8,9. Eze. 37.2,11. Ps. 53.5.

8But lmine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; 3leave not my soul destitute.

3Heb. make not my soul bare. Ps. 102.17; 71.9,18.

l 2Ch. 20.12. Ps. 123.1,2; 25.15.

9Keep me from mthe snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

m Pr. 13.14. Ps. 140.5; 119.110; 142.3.

10Let nthe wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I *withal 4escape.

*withal-also, likewise.

4Heb. pass over.

n Ps. 35.8; 7.15,16; 91.2,3. Pr. 11.8.