{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":141,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/140","next":"psalms/142","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Hear my voice when I call to You."}],"h":"Come Quickly to Me","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May my prayer be set before You like incense;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my uplifted hands, like the evening offering."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"keep watch at the door of my lips."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or take part in works of wickedness"},{"style":"indent1","t":"with men who do iniquity;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let me not feast on their delicacies."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Let the righteous man strike me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion."},{"style":"indent1","t":"It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it."},{"style":"indent2","t":"For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the people will listen to my words,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for they are pleasant."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"As when one plows and breaks up the soil,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul {defenseless}.","f":["Or do not pour out my life or do not give me over to death"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But my eyes are fixed on You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O GOD the Lord."},{"style":"indent1","t":"In You I seek refuge;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"do not leave my soul {defenseless}."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and from the lures of evildoers."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Let the wicked fall into their own nets,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"while I pass by in safety."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A Psalm of David."}