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The Book of Psalms

Douay-Rheims :: World English Bible Catholic

- Chapter 141 -

Come to me quickly

(Psalm 70:1-5)
1
I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.
2
Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
3
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
4
Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.
5
The just shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:
6
Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
7
As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.
8
But o to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.
9
Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
10
The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.

Come to me quickly

(Psalm 70:1-5)
1
LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
2
Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
3
Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
4
Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
5
Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
6
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
7
As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”(a)
8
For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
9
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10
Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.

Footnotes

(a)141:7 Sheol is the place of the dead.