| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. | | The Psalms | | 141 |
A Prayer for Preservation from Evil |
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LORD, I cry unto thee:
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make haste unto me; |
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give ear unto my voice, |
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when I cry unto thee. |
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Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; Rev. 5.8
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and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. |
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Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth;
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keep the door of my lips. |
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Incline not my heart to any evil thing,
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to practise wicked works |
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with men that work iniquity: |
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and let me not eat of their dainties. |
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Let the righteous smite me;
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it shall be a kindness: |
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and let him reprove me; |
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it shall be an excellent oil, |
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which shall not break my head: |
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for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. |
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When their judges are overthrown in stony places,
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they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. |
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Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth,
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as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. |
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But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord:
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in thee is my trust; |
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leave not my soul destitute. |
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Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me,
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and the gins of the workers of iniquity. |
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
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whilst that I withal escape. |
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