141:1  LORD, I call upon You; hasten to me. Give ear to my voice when I cry to You.

141:2  Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

141:3  Set a guard, O Lord, before my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

141:4  Incline my heart not to submit {or} consent to any evil thing or to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

141:5  Let the righteous man smite and correct me--it is a kindness. Oil so choice let not my head refuse {or} discourage; for even in their evils {or} calamities shall my prayer continue.

141:6  When their rulers are overthrown in stony places, [their followers] shall hear my words, that they are sweet (pleasant, mild, and just).

141:7  The unburied bones [of slaughtered rulers] shall lie scattered at the mouth of Sheol, [as unregarded] as the lumps of soil behind the plowman when he breaks open the ground.

141:8  But my eyes are toward You, O God the Lord; in You do I trust {and} take refuge; pour not out my life {nor} leave it destitute {and} bare.

141:9  Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and the snares of evildoers.

141:10  Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass over them {and} escape.