A psalm of David.
141:1 O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me!
Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!
141:2 May you accept my prayer like incense,
my uplifted hands like the evening offering! 2
141:3 O Lord, place a guard on my mouth!
Protect the opening 3 of my lips! 4
141:4 Do not let me have evil desires, 5
or participate in sinful activities
with men who behave wickedly. 6
I will not eat their delicacies. 7
1 sn Psalm 141. The psalmist asks God to protect him from sin and from sinful men.
2 tn Heb “may my prayer be established [like] incense before you, the uplifting of my hands [like] an evening offering.”
3 tn Heb “door.” The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.
4 sn My mouth…my lips. The psalmist asks God to protect him from speaking inappropriately or sinfully.
5 tn Heb “do not turn my heart toward an evil thing.”
6 tn Heb “to act sinfully in practices in wickedness with men, doers of evil.”
7 sn Their delicacies. This probably refers to the enjoyment that a sinful lifestyle appears to offer.