Psalms 141:1-8

1. 1 Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2. 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3. 3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

4. 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. 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. 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7. 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

8. 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

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