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Psalm 141

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

^141:10 A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer.