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Psalm 141

Domine, clamavi

The Book of Common Prayer (1979) · 10 verses

  1. 1

    O LORD, I call to you; come to me quickly; *
    hear my voice when I cry to you.

  2. 2

    Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, *
    the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

  3. 3

    Set a watch before my mouth, O LORD, and guard the door of my lips; *
    let not my heart incline to any evil thing.

  4. 4

    Let me not be occupied in wickedness with evildoers, *
    nor eat of their choice foods.

  5. 5

    Let the righteous smite me in friendly rebuke; let not the oil of the unrighteous anoint my head; *
    for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

  6. 6

    Let their rulers be overthrown in stony places, *
    that they may know my words are true.

  7. 7

    As when a plowman turns over the earth in furrows, *
    let their bones be scattered at the mouth of the grave.

  8. 8

    But my eyes are turned to you, Lord GOD; *
    in you I take refuge; do not strip me of my life.

  9. 9

    Protect me from the snare which they have laid for me *
    and from the traps of the evildoers.

  10. 10

    Let the wicked fall into their own nets, *
    while I myself escape.

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