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Psalms 141 (CEV)

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¹ (A psalm by David.) I pray to you, LORD! Please listen when I pray and hurry to help me. ² Think of my prayer as sweet-smelling incense, and think of my lifted hands as an evening sacrifice. ³ Help me to guard my words whenever I say something. ⁴ Don't let me want to do evil or waste my time doing wrong with wicked people. Don't let me even taste the good things they offer. ⁵ Let your faithful people correct and punish me. My prayers condemn the deeds of those who do wrong, so don't let me be friends with any of them. ⁶ Everyone will admit that I was right when their rulers are thrown down a rocky cliff, ⁷ and their bones lie scattered like broken rocks on top of a grave. ⁸ You are my LORD and God, and I look to you for safety. Don't let me be harmed. ⁹ Protect me from the traps of those violent people, ¹⁰ and make them fall into their own traps while you help me escape.