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World English Bible

Psalm 141 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
[2] Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
[3] Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
[4] Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
[5] Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
[6] Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
[7] “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”
[8] For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
[9] Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
[10] Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.

Psalm 141:7 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 141 (KJVS)

[1] Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; Give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
[2] Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
[3] Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
[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] 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] When their judges are overthrown in stony places, They shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
[7] Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, As when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
[8] But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
[9] Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
[10] Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

Psalm 141:8 Heb. make not my soul bare
Psalm 141:10 Heb. pass over

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 141 (BYZ)

[1] Ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Δαυιδ. () Κύριε, () ἐκέκραξα () πρὸς () σέ, () εἰσάκουσόν () μου· () πρόσχες () τῇ () φωνῇ () τῆς () δεήσεώς () μου () ἐν () τῷ () κεκραγέναι () με () πρὸς () σέ. ()
[2] Κατευθυνθήτω () ἡ () προσευχή () μου () ὡς () θυμίαμα () ἐνώπιόν () σου, () ἔπαρσις τῶν () χειρῶν () μου () θυσία () ἑσπερινή.
[3] Θοῦ, () κύριε, () φυλακὴν () τῷ () στόματί () μου () καὶ () θύραν () περιοχῆς () περὶ () τὰ () χείλη () μου. ()
[4] Μὴ () ἐκκλίνῃς () τὴν () καρδίαν () μου () εἰς () λόγους () πονηρίας () τοῦ () προφασίζεσθαι προφάσεις () ἐν () ἁμαρτίαις () σὺν () ἀνθρώποις () ἐργαζομένοις () ἀνομίαν, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () συνδυάσω μετὰ () τῶν () ἐκλεκτῶν () αὐτῶν. ()
[5] Παιδεύσει () με () δίκαιος () ἐν () ἐλέει () καὶ () ἐλέγξει () με, () ἔλαιον () δὲ () ἁμαρτωλοῦ () μὴ () λιπανάτω τὴν () κεφαλήν () μου, () ὅτι () ἔτι () καὶ () ἡ () προσευχή () μου () ἐν () ταῖς () εὐδοκίαις () αὐτῶν. ()
[6] Κατεπόθησαν () ἐχόμενα () πέτρας () οἱ () κριταὶ () αὐτῶν· () ἀκούσονται () τὰ () ῥήματά () μου () ὅτι () ἡδύνθησαν.
[7] Ὡσεὶ () πάχος γῆς () διερράγη () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () διεσκορπίσθη () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () ἡμῶν () παρὰ () τὸν () ᾅδην. ()
[8] Ὅτι () πρὸς () σέ, () κύριε () κύριε, () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () μου· () ἐπὶ () σὲ () ἤλπισα, () μὴ () ἀντανέλῃς τὴν () ψυχήν () μου. ()
[9] Φύλαξόν () με () ἀπὸ () παγίδος, () ἧς () συνεστήσαντό () μοι, () καὶ () ἀπὸ () σκανδάλων () τῶν () ἐργαζομένων () τὴν () ἀνομίαν. ()
[10] Πεσοῦνται () ἐν () ἀμφιβλήστρῳ () αὐτοῦ () ἁμαρτωλοί· () κατὰ () μόνας () εἰμὶ () ἐγὼ () ἕως () οὗ () ἂν () παρέλθω. ()

Psalm 141:1 Originally verse 140:1.
Psalm 141:2 Originally verse 140:2.
Psalm 141:3 Originally verse 140:3.
Psalm 141:4 Originally verse 140:4.
Psalm 141:5 Originally verse 140:5.
Psalm 141:6 Originally verse 140:6.
Psalm 141:7 Originally verse 140:7.
Psalm 141:8 Originally verse 140:8.
Psalm 141:9 Originally verse 140:9.
Psalm 141:10 Originally verse 140:10.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.