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Psalm 141 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Prayer for Safekeeping from Wickedness
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:1 - A Psalm of David.

LORD, I cry out to You;
Make haste to me!
Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:2 - Let my prayer be set before You as incense,
The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 - Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - Let the righteous strike me;
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.

For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 - Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:8 - But my eyes are upon You, O GOD the Lord;
In You I take refuge;
Do not leave my soul destitute.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:10 - Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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