Psa Psalms, psalm Book of Psalms, psalm 141
A psalm of David.
Lord, I'm calling out to you! Please hurry up and help me! Please listen to me when I cry out to you!
May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.Exo 29:39; Exo 30:7
Lord, make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't—keep a watch over my conversations.Psa 39:1
Don't let me think about evil things or take part in doing anything wrong with wicked people. I won't join in eating fancy food at their feasts.141:4. This may refer to pagan festivals.1Ki 8:58; Pro 1:10; Pro 1:15
Let a good person punish me in love—let them correct me. It will be like an anointing—I won't refuse it. But I still pray against those who do evil.141:5. The Hebrew in this verse and the next is not clear.Pro 12:1; Pro 15:12; Pro 25:12
They shall be thrown down by the power of the rock that judges them, and then they will recognize what I said was true!
Just as the earth is broken up by the plow, so shall their bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.141:7. The place of the dead. This may mean they do not receive a proper burial.
But I'm looking to you, Lord God, for I find protection in you. Don't let me die!
Keep me safe from the traps they have set to catch me, from the snares of evil people.Psa 140:5
Let them fall into their own traps while I pass by unharmed.Psa 7:15; Psa 9:15