Sunday, February 27, 2011

Psalm 141

Posting this one because it spoke to my heart this morning as I prayed through it.


Psalm 141

A Psalm of David.

 1 LORD, I cry out to You;
         Make haste to me!
         Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
 2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense,
         The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
        
 3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
         Keep watch over the door of my lips.
 4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
         To practice wicked works
         With men who work iniquity;
         And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
        
 5 Let the righteous strike me;
         It shall be a kindness.
         And let him rebuke me;
         It shall be as excellent oil;
         Let my head not refuse it.
        
         For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
 6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff,
         And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
 7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
         As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
        
 8 But my eyes are upon You, O GOD the Lord;
         In You I take refuge;
         Do not leave my soul destitute.
 9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
         And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
         While I escape safely.

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