Psalms 141:1-6

An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.

1 O LORD, I call upon You; ¹hasten to me! ²Give ear to my voice when I call to You!

2 May my prayer be counted as ³incense before You; The ⁴lifting up of my hands as the ⁵evening offering.

3 Set a ⁶guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the ⁷door of my lips.

4 ⁸Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who ⁹do iniquity; And ¹⁰do not let me eat of their delicacies.

5 Let the ¹¹righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is ¹²oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer ¹³is against their wicked deeds.

6 Their judges are ¹⁴thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

Psalms 141:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 141

\\<>\\. This psalm was written about the same time, and upon the same occasion, as that going before and what follows after; even when David was persecuted by Saul, and when he was in great danger of his enemies, and snares were laid for his life.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 22:19; Psalms 38:22; Psalms 70:5
• 2. Psalms 5:1; Psalms 143:1
• 3. Exodus 30:8; Luke 1:10; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3, 4
• 4. 1 Timothy 2:8
• 5. Exodus 29:39, 41; 1 Kings 18:29, 36; Daniel 9:21
• 6. Psalms 34:13; Psalms 39:1; Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 21:23
• 7. Micah 7:5
• 8. Psalms 119:36
• 9. Isaiah 32:6; Hosea 6:8; Malachi 3:15
• 10. Proverbs 23:6
• 11. Proverbs 9:8; Proverbs 19:25; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 27:6; Ecclesiastes 7:5; Galatians 6:1
• 12. Psalms 23:5; Psalms 133:2
• 13. Psalms 35:14
• 14. 2 Chronicles 25:12

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "fixed"
• [b]. Lit "to"
• [c]. Lit "in"
• [d]. Or "lovingly"
• [e]. Lit "And my prayer"
• [f]. Or "in spite of their calamities"