Psalms

Protection from Sin and Sinners

141  Lord, I call on You; hurry to help me.Listen to my voice when I call on You. 2 May my prayer be set before You as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering. 

3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;keep watch at the door of my lips. 4 Do not let my heart turn to any evil thingor perform wicked actswith men who commit sin.Do not let me feast on their delicacies. 5 Let the righteous one strike me —it is an act of faithful love;let him rebuke me —it is oil for my head;let me A not refuse it. Even now my prayer is againstthe evil acts of the wicked. B, 6 When their rulers C will be thrown offthe sides of a cliff,the people D will listen to my words,for they are pleasing. 

7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil,turning up rocks,so our  bones have been scatteredat the mouth of •Sheol. 

8 But my eyes look to You, Lord God.I seek refuge in You; do not let me die. E, 9 Protect me from F the trap they have set for me,and from the snares of evildoers. 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,while I pass by safely.