141 (H42). PRAYER AND PRAISE.
| H42 | X | Z | 1,2 | I cry to Thee. Help me. | |||||
| 1. Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. | |||||||||
| 2. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. | |||||||||
| A | 3-5∼ | Prayer for preventing grace (Shamar) | |||||||
| 3. Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. | |||||||||
| 4. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. | |||||||||
| 5. 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: | |||||||||
| B | s | ∼5 | Yet, I. | ||||||
| 5∼. for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. | |||||||||
| t | 6 | Punishment of wicked | |||||||
| 6. When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. | |||||||||
| Y | 7∼ | Bones scattered | |||||||
| 7∼. Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, | |||||||||
| Y | ∼7 | Wood cleaved | |||||||
| ∼7. as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. | |||||||||
| X | Z | 8 | I look to Thee. Help me | ||||||
| 8. But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. | |||||||||
| A | 9 | Prayer for preventing grace (Shamar) | |||||||
| 9. Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. | |||||||||
| B | t | 10∼ | Punishment of wicked. | ||||||
| 10∼. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, | |||||||||
| s | ∼10 | Yet, I. | |||||||
| ∼10. whilst that I withal escape. |