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Psalms 141:1 Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.	Psalms 141:1 A Psalm. Of David. Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.
Psalms 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.	Psalms 141:2 Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.
Psalms 141:3 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.	Psalms 141:3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Psalms 141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.	Psalms 141:4 Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.
Psalms 141:5 Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.	Psalms 141:5 Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.
Psalms 141:6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.	Psalms 141:6 When destruction comes to their judges by the side of the rock, they will give ear to my words, for they are sweet.
Psalms 141:7 As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.	Psalms 141:7 Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough.
Psalms 141:8 For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.	Psalms 141:8 But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up to death.
Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.	Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.
Psalms 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape. Psalm 142 Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.	Psalms 141:10 Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.