# Psalm 141 ## Psalm 141:1 - [KJV] LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. - [ASV] Jehovah, I have called upon thee; Make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee. - [YLT] O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear *to* my voice when I call to Thee. ### Notes on Psalm 141:1 - ## Psalm 141:2 - [KJV] Let my prayer be set forth before thee *as* incense; *and* the lifting up of my hands *as* the evening sacrifice. - [ASV] Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. - [YLT] My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present. ### Notes on Psalm 141:2 - ## Psalm 141:3 - [KJV] Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. - [ASV] Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips. - [YLT] Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips. ### Notes on Psalm 141:3 - ## Psalm 141:4 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Psalm 141:4 - ## Psalm 141:5 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Let the righteous smite me, *it shall be* a kindness; And let him reprove me, *it shall be as* oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Psalm 141:5 - ## Psalm 141:6 - [KJV] When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. - [ASV] Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; For they are sweet. - [YLT] Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant. ### Notes on Psalm 141:6 - ## Psalm 141:7 - [KJV] Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth *wood* upon the earth. - [ASV] As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. - [YLT] As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul. ### Notes on Psalm 141:7 - ## Psalm 141:8 - [KJV] But mine eyes *are* unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. - [ASV] For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; Leave not my soul destitute. - [YLT] But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, *are* mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul. ### Notes on Psalm 141:8 - ## Psalm 141:9 - [KJV] Keep me from the snares *which* they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. - [ASV] Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity. - [YLT] Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity. ### Notes on Psalm 141:9 - ## Psalm 141:10 - [KJV] Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. - [ASV] Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape. - [YLT] The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over! ### Notes on Psalm 141:10 -