Psalms 141

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.	1 The understanding of David. A prayer, when he was in the cave.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.	2 With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.	3 In his sight, I pour out my prayer, and before him, I declare my tribulation.
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.	4 Though my spirit may become faint within me, even then, you have known my paths. Along this way, which I have been walking, they have hidden a snare for me.
5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.	5 I considered toward the right, and I looked, but there was no one who would know me. Flight has perished before me, and there is no one who has concern for my soul.
6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.	6 I cried out to you, O Lord. I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.	7 Attend to my supplication. For I have been humbled exceedingly. Free me from my persecutors, for they have been fortified against me.
8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.	8 Lead my soul out of confinement in order to confess your name. The just are waiting for me, until you repay me.
9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.