| Chapter 141 |
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Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee. --
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Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. --
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Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips. --
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Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties. --
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Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue. --
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Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. --
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As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. --
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For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute. --
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Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity. --
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape. Psalm 142 Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer. --
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