Psalm 141
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| Verse | BSB | KJV | WEB | ASV |
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| 1 | I call upon You, O Lord; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. | Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. | Lord, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. | Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee. |
| 2 | May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering. | Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. | Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. | Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. |
| 3 | Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. | Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. | Set a watch, Lord, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. | Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips. |
| 4 | Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| 5 | Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| 6 | When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant. | When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. | Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. | Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. |
| 7 | As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. | Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. | “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” | As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. |
| 8 | But my eyes are fixed on You, O God the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless. | But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. | For my eyes are on you, Lord, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute. | For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute. |
| 9 | Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers. | Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. | Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. | Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity. |
| 10 | Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety. | Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. | Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by. | Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape. |