Let my prayer be directed in thy sight as incense, and the [a]lifting up of mine hands as an evening sacrifice.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the [b]door of my lips.

Incline not mine heart to evil, that I should commit wicked works with them that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their [c]delicates.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:2 He meaneth his earnest zeal and gesture, which he used in prayer: alluding of the sacrifices which were by God’s commandment offered in the old Law.
  2. Psalm 141:3 He desireth God to keep his thoughts and ways either from thinking or executing vengeance.
  3. Psalm 141:4 Let not their prosperity allure me to be wicked as they are.

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