Psalms 141

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 The understanding of David. A prayer, when he was in the cave.	1 A Psalm of David. I call upon thee, O LORD; make haste to me! Give ear to my voice, when I call to thee!
2 With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord.	2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice!
3 In his sight, I pour out my prayer, and before him, I declare my tribulation.	3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD, keep watch over the door of my lips!
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.	4 Incline not my heart to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties!
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.	5 Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head; for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.
6 I cried out to you, O Lord. I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.	6 When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that the word of the LORD is true.
7 Attend to my supplication. For I have been humbled exceedingly. Free me from my persecutors, for they have been fortified against me.	7 As a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land, so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
8 Lead my soul out of confinement in order to confess your name. The just are waiting for me, until you repay me.	8 But my eyes are toward thee, O LORD God; in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
	9 Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers!
	10 Let the wicked together fall into their own nets, while I escape.