Psalm 141
Domine, clamavi
The Book of Common Prayer (1979) · 10 verses
- 1
O LORD, I call to you; come to me quickly; *
hear my voice when I cry to you. - 2
Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, *
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. - 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
Let me not be occupied in wickedness with evildoers, *
nor eat of their choice foods. - 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
Let their rulers be overthrown in stony places, *
that they may know my words are true. - 7
As when a plowman turns over the earth in furrows, *
let their bones be scattered at the mouth of the grave. - 8
But my eyes are turned to you, Lord GOD; *
in you I take refuge; do not strip me of my life. - 9
Protect me from the snare which they have laid for me *
and from the traps of the evildoers. - 10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, *
while I myself escape.
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