PSALMS

The One Hundred Forty First Psalm

Domine, clamavi.

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LORD, I call upon thee; haste thee unto me, * and consider my voice, when I cry unto thee.
 
Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense; * and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.
 
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth, * and keep the door of my lips.
 
O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing; * let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, neither let me eat of such things as please them.
 

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vs 5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly, and reprove me; * yea, let not my head refuse their precious balms.
 
As for the ungodly, * I will pray yet against their wickedness.
 
Let their judges be overthrown in stony places, * that they may hear my words; for they are sweet.
 
Our bones lie scattered before the pit, * like as when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth.
 
But mine eyes look unto thee, O LORD God; * in thee is my trust; O cast not out my soul.
 
Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, * and from the traps of the wicked doers.
 
Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together, * and let me ever escape them.