1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)

Psalms 141

1 David prayeth that his suit may be acceptable, 3 his conscience sincere, 7 and his life safe from snares.

 141:1 ¶ [[A Melody of David.]] O Yahweh, I have cried unto thee, Make thou haste to me, Give ear unto my voice, when I cry to thee.

 141:2 Let my prayer be set in order like incense before thee,—the lifting up of my hands, as the evening gift.

 141:3 Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over the door of my lips.

 141:4 Let not my heart incline to a matter of wrong, that I should busy myself with practices in lawlessness, with men working iniquity, and let me not eat of their dainties.

 141:5 ¶ Let a righteous man smite me—a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head [which] let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.

 141:6 Their judges, have been hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings, for they have become sweet.

 141:7 As when one plougheth and furroweth the earth, Scattered about, are our bones at the mouth of hades!

 141:8 Surely, unto thee, O Yahweh, My Lord, are mine eyes, In thee, have I sought refuge, Do not pour out my life.

 141:9 Keep me out of the clutches of the trap they have set for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.

 141:10 They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.