{"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/ylt/psalms/141","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:18:07.262Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":141,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":140,"nextChapter":142,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":10},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear to my voice when I call to Thee."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"My prayer is prepared — incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands — the evening present."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, are mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 141 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 141](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/141)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/141 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}