{"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/kjv/psalms/141","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:28:52.683Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":141,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":140,"nextChapter":142,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":10},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{A Psalm of David.} LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let my prayer be set forth before thee <i>as</i> incense; <i>and</i> the lifting up of my hands <i>as</i> the evening sacrifice."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Incline not my heart to <i>any</i> evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Let the righteous smite me; <i>it shall be</i> a kindness: and let him reprove me; <i>it shall be</i> an excellent oil, <i>which</i> shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also <i>shall be</i> in their calamities."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth <i>wood</i> upon the earth."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But mine eyes <i>are</i> unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Keep me from the snares <i>which</i> they have laid for me, and 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 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 141](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/141)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/141 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}