Psalm 141:3-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 Set a guard, Lord, before my mouth,
keep watch over the door of my lips.(A)
4 Do not let my heart incline to evil,
to perform deeds in wickedness.
On the delicacies of evildoers
let me not feast.
5 [a]Let a righteous person strike me; it is mercy if he reproves me.
Do not withhold oil from my head(B)
while my prayer opposes their evil deeds.
6 May their leaders be cast over the cliff,
so that they hear that my speeches are pleasing.
7 Like the plowing and breaking up of the earth,
our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
8 For my eyes are upon you, O Lord, my Lord;(C)
in you I take refuge; do not take away my soul.
9 Guard me from the trap they have set for me,
from the snares of evildoers.(D)
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while only I pass over them safely.
Footnotes
- 141:5–7 The Hebrew text is obscure.
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