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Chapter 141 |
| 1 | Lord, I cry
unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto
thee. |
| 2 |
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the
lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. |
| 3 | Set a watch, O
LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. |
| 4 | Incline not my
heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity:
and let me not eat of their dainties. |
| 5 | Let the righteous smite me; it
shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil,
which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their
calamities. |
| 6
| When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they
shall hear my words; for they are sweet. |
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7 | Our bones are scattered at
the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
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| 8 | But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave
not my soul destitute. |
| 9 | Keep me from the snares which they have laid
for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. |
| 10 | Let the
wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. |
