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Psalm 141
New King James Version

### Prayer for Safekeeping from Wickedness

#### A Psalm of David.

141 Lord, I cry out to You;
Make haste to me!
Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
2 Let my prayer be set before You (A)as incense,
(B)The lifting up of my hands as (C)the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my (D)mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
(E)And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

5 (F)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.
6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the [a]cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
As when one plows and breaks up the earth.

8 But (G)my eyes are upon You, O God the Lord;
In You I take refuge;
[b]Do not leave my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from (H)the snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 (I)Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 141:6 rock
2. Psalm 141:8 Lit. Do not make my soul bare

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 141:2 : [Ex. 30:8]; Luke 1:10; [Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4]
2. Psalm 141:2 : Ps. 134:2; [1 Tim. 2:8]
3. Psalm 141:2 : Ex. 29:39, 41; 1 Kin. 18:29, 36; Dan. 9:21
4. Psalm 141:3 : [Prov. 13:3; 21:23]
5. Psalm 141:4 : Prov. 23:6
6. Psalm 141:5 : [Prov. 9:8; Eccl. 7:5; Gal. 6:1]
7. Psalm 141:8 : 2 Chr. 20:12; Ps. 25:15
8. Psalm 141:9 : Ps. 119:110
9. Psalm 141:10 : Ps. 35:8

New King James Version (NKJV)

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