{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/141","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:43:57.153Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":141,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":140,"nextChapter":142,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":10},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 141 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 141](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/141)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/141 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}