<h3>Give Ear to My Voice</h3><h3>A Psalm of David.</h3>141 <poetry>O <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, I call upon you; hasten to me! <indent>Give ear to my voice when I call to you!</indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry>Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, <indent>and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!</indent></poetry> 3 <poetry> Set a guard, O <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, over my mouth; <indent> keep watch over the door of my lips!</indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry> Do not let my heart incline to any evil, <indent>to busy myself with wicked deeds</indent> in company with men who work iniquity, <indent>and let me not eat of their delicacies!</indent></poetry> 5 <poetry> Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; <indent>let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;</indent> <indent>let my head not refuse it.</indent> Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds. </poetry> 6 <poetry>When their judges are thrown over the cliff, <indent>then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.</indent> </poetry> 7 <poetry>As when one plows and breaks up the earth, <indent>so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol. </indent></poetry> 8 <poetry>But my eyes are toward you, O <smallCap>God</smallCap>, my Lord; <indent> in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless! </indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me <indent>and from the snares of evildoers!</indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry>Let the wicked fall into their own nets, <indent>while I pass by safely.</indent></poetry>

Psalm 141:1

O <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, I call upon you; <cr>1</cr>hasten to me! <indent>Give ear to my voice when I call to you!</indent>

Let <cr>1</cr>my prayer be counted as incense before you, <indent>and <cr>2</cr>the lifting up of my hands as <cr>3</cr>the evening sacrifice!</indent><pb/>

Psalm 141:2

<cr>1</cr>Set a guard, O <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, over my mouth; <indent><cr>2</cr>keep watch over the door of my lips!</indent>

Psalm 141:3

<cr>1</cr>Do not let my heart incline to any evil, <indent>to busy myself with wicked deeds</indent> in company with men who <cr>2</cr>work iniquity, <indent>and <cr>3</cr>let me not eat of their delicacies!</indent><pb/>

Psalm 141:4

<cr>1</cr>Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; <indent>let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;</indent> <indent>let my head not refuse it.</indent> Yet <cr>2</cr>my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

Psalm 141:5

When their judges are <cr>1</cr>thrown over the cliff,<ft>1</ft> <indent>then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.</indent>

Psalm 141:6

As when one plows and breaks up the earth, <indent>so shall our bones <cr>1</cr>be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.<ft>1</ft></indent><pb/>

Psalm 141:7

But <cr>1</cr>my eyes are toward you, O <smallCap>God</smallCap>, my Lord; <indent><cr>2</cr>in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!<ft>1</ft></indent>

Psalm 141:8

Keep me from <cr>1</cr>the trap that they have laid for me <indent>and from the snares of evildoers!</indent>

Psalm 141:9

Let the wicked <cr>1</cr>fall into their own nets, <indent>while I pass by safely.</indent>

Psalm 141:10

 1 O Lord, I call upon you;  hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!  2 Let  my prayer be counted as incense before you, and  the lifting up of my hands as  the evening sacrifice!  3  Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;  keep watch over the door of my lips!  4  Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who  work iniquity, and  let me not eat of their delicacies!  5  Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet  my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.  6 When their judges are  thrown over the cliff,  then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.  7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so shall our bones  be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.   8 But  my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord;  in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!   9 Keep me from  the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!  10 Let the wicked  fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.

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