Psalm 141:1-5

Common English Bible

Psalm 141

A psalm of David.

141 I cry out to you, Lord: Come to me—quickly!
Listen to my voice when I cry out to you!
²Let my prayer stand before you like incense;
let my uplifted hands be like the evening offering.

³Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
    keep close watch over the door that is my lips.
⁴Don’t let my heart turn aside to evil things
        so that I don’t do wicked things with evildoers,
        so I don’t taste their delicacies.

⁵Instead, let the righteous discipline me;
let the faithful correct me!
Let my head never reject that kind of fine oil,
because my prayers are always against the deeds of the wicked.^[a]

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