Psalm 141:1-7

1 A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to Thee.

2 My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present.

3 Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

4 Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.

5 The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.

6 Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.

7 As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.

Psalm 141:1-7 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.