Psalms 141

DOUAI-RHEIMS	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.	1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.	2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.	3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.	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.
5 Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.	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.
6 the proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.	6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7 I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.	7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8 O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.	8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9 Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.	9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10 The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.	10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
11 Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.
12 A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
13 I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.
14 But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.