{"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/wbt/psalms/141","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-13T06:10:07.998Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","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 to thee: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to thee."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as 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 any evil thing, to practice wicked works 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 an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be 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 wood upon the earth."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But my eyes are to thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Keep me from the snare which 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 I escape."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 141 (WBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 141](https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/141)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/141 (accessed 2026-06-13)."}}