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Psalm 141 1 I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;     hear me when I call to you. 2 May my prayer be set before you like incense;     may the lifting up of my handsbe like the evening sacrifice. 3 Set a guard over my mouth,Lord;     keep watch over the door of my lips. 4 Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil     so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers;     do not let me eat their delicacies. 5 Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;     let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it,     for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers. 6 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,     and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken. 7 They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,     so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.” 8 But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;     in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death. 9 Keep me safe from the traps set by evildo