An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.
A Psalm of David.
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.
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.
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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 141:2 Lit fixed
- Psalm 141:3 Lit to
- Psalm 141:4 Lit in
- Psalm 141:7 I.e., the netherworld
- Psalm 141:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Psalm 141:8 Lit pour out my soul
- Psalm 141:9 Lit hands of the trap
- Psalm 141:10 Lit altogether