Let my prayer be directed in thy sight as incense, and the [a]lifting up of mine hands as an evening sacrifice.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the [b]door of my lips.

Incline not mine heart to evil, that I should commit wicked works with them that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their [c]delicates.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:2 He meaneth his earnest zeal and gesture, which he used in prayer: alluding of the sacrifices which were by God’s commandment offered in the old Law.
  2. Psalm 141:3 He desireth God to keep his thoughts and ways either from thinking or executing vengeance.
  3. Psalm 141:4 Let not their prosperity allure me to be wicked as they are.

May my prayer be set before you like incense;(A)
    may the lifting up of my hands(B) be like the evening sacrifice.(C)

Set a guard over my mouth,(D) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.(E)
Do not let my heart(F) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds(G)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.(H)

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