Encouragement from Psalms 5-21-24

Psalm 141

New American Standard Bible

An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.

A Psalm of David.

141 Lord, I call upon You; hurry to me!

Listen to my voice when I call to You!

2 May my prayer be [a]counted as incense before You;

The raising of my hands as the evening offering.

3 Set a guard, Lord, [b]over my mouth;

Keep watch over the door of my lips.

4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,

To practice deeds [c]of wickedness

With people who do wrong;

And may I not taste their delicacies.

5 May the righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me;

It is oil for the head;

My head shall not refuse it,

For my prayer is still against their evil deeds.

6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock,

And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

7 As when one plows and breaks open the earth,

Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of [d]Sheol.

8 For my eyes are toward You, [e]God, the Lord;

In You I take refuge; do not [f]leave me defenseless.

9 Keep me from the [g]jaws of the trap which they have set for me,

And from the snares of those who do wrong.

10 May the wicked fall into their own nets,

While I pass by [h]safely.

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