141:1 {A Psalm of David.} LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
141:1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry out to You; Make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.

141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
141:2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
141:3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.

141:4 Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
141:4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice wicked works With men who work iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

141:5 Let 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.
141:5 Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.

141:6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
141:6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff, And they hear my words, for they are sweet.

141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.
141:7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, As when one plows and breaks up the earth.

141:8 But mine eyes [are] unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
141:8 But my eyes are upon You, O GOD the Lord; In You I take refuge; Do not leave my soul destitute.

141:9 Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
141:9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I escape safely.