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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 141, Verse 3

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Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
King James Version
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
American Standard Version
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
New English Translation
O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!
World English Bible
Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
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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.
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When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.
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But mine eyes [are] unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
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Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
1
Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
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I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
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When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.