1 A psalm of David. Jehovah, I have called on thee: hasten for me. Give ear to my voice when I call to thee.
2 Established he my prayer [as] incense in thy presence, the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening oblation.
3 Set a guard, Jehovah, at my mouth; watch over the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to an evil matter (word), to practice practices in wickedness with men doing iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.
5 Let a righteous one smite me, [it is] a kindness; and rebuke me, a chief oil: let not my head refuse [it]; for even yet my prayer [is] in their calamities (or injuries).
6 Thrown down by means (hands) of the rock are their judges; and they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Like one cutting or splitting on the earth, scattered are our bones at Sheol’s mouth.
8 For unto thee, Jehovah Lord, [are] mine eyes; in thee I trust: pour not out my soul.
9 Keep me from the power (hands) of the snares they laid for me, and from the traps of the doers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked foil together into their own nets, while for my part I escape.
Notes on Psalm 141
“A psalm of David.” This is pursued for the soul’s profit that all said and done may be to and in the favor of Jehovah, apart from the dainties of evil doers, and accepting rebuke from the righteous; so that, when judgment falls, some may hear and live.