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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 141 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/141.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/141-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Psalm 141</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/140.htm" title="Psalm 140">◄</a> Psalm 141 <a href="../psalms/142.htm" title="Psalm 142">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">An Evening Prayer<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.141.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.141.1" class="v19_141_1">1</span>I call to you, <span class="nd">Lord</span>; help me now!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_1">Listen to me when I call to you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.141.2" class="v19_141_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.141.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Receive my prayer as incense,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_2">my uplifted hands as an evening sacrifice.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.141.3" class="v19_141_3">3</span><span class="nd">Lord</span>, place a guard at my mouth,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_3">a sentry at the door of my lips.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.141.4" class="v19_141_4">4</span>Keep me from wanting to do wrong</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_4">and from joining evil people in their wickedness.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_4">May I never take part in their feasts.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.141.5" class="v19_141_5">5</span>Good people may punish me and rebuke me in kindness,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_5">but I will never accept honor from evil people,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_5">because I am always praying against their evil deeds.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.141.6" class="v19_141_6">6</span>When their rulers are thrown down from rocky cliffs,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_6">the people will admit that my words were true.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.141.7" class="v19_141_7">7</span>Like wood that is split and chopped into bits,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_7">so their bones are scattered at the edge of the grave.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.141.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.141.8" class="v19_141_8">8</span>But I keep trusting in you, my Sovereign <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_8">I seek your protection;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_8">don't let me die!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.141.9" class="v19_141_9">9</span>Protect me from the traps they have set for me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_9">from the snares of those evildoers.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_141_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.141.10" class="v19_141_10">10</span>May the wicked fall into their own traps</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_141_10">while I go by unharmed.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by David.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">141.7: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verses 5-7 in Hebrew are unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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