Psalm 141

1. Hasten, LORD! Hear my supplication.
   O let my prayer like incense rise;
   receive as evening sacrifice
   the hands I lift in adoration.
   
   
2. Save me, LORD, from all sin and folly
   and guard the doorway of my lips;
   set there a constant watch that keeps
   my mouth from speaking words unholy.
   
   
3. Let my heart to wrongs not incite me,
   nor let me seek the company
   of those who love iniquity;
   may not their choicest foods delight me.
   
   
4. Let good men, when I am transgressing,
   rebuke me, strike me, punish me.
   This will like healing ointment be –
   a welcome kindness and a blessing.
   
   
5. Evildoers – how I detest them.
   But when their leaders are flung down
   from rocky cliffs and overthrown,
   they’ll know how justly I addressed them.
   
   
6. As new-ploughed earth with rocks is cluttered,
   as barren fields are strewn with stones,
   so, as it were, our very bones
   before the gaping grave lie scattered.
   
   
7. LORD, my eyes I fix now directly
   on you, my helper in the strife.
   Save me from danger, guard my life;
   in your unfailing love, protect me.
   
   
8. Keep me from those who would ensnare me,
   from traps that wicked men have set;
   let them be caught in their own net,
   while I escape because you spare me.