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Psalm 141 :: New English Translation (NET)

Psa 141:1O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!
Psa 141:2May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
Psa 141:3O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!
Psa 141:4Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.
Psa 141:5May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
Psa 141:6They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
Psa 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Psa 141:8Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!
Psa 141:9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.
Psa 141:10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.
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