📖 Psalms — Chapter 141 (KJV)
Read the complete King James Version chapter below, then explore the passage sections, check what you remember, and keep your private study notes.
Scripture source: Project Gutenberg KJV, ebook 10.
Psalms 141:1 Lord, I cry unto thee: Rmake haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
Psalms 141:2 RLet my prayer be Tset forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Psalms 141:3 RSet a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Psalms 141:4 RIncline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Psalms 141:5 Let Rthe righteous smite Tme; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Psalms 141:6 RWhen their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Psalms 141:7 Our Rbones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Psalms 141:8 But Rmine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; Tleave not my soul destitute.
Psalms 141:9 Keep me Rfrom the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 141:10 Let Rthe wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal Tescape.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 141:1–4 — Guarded lips and guarded desires
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Prayer is likened to incense while the speaker asks God to guard mouth and heart. Resisting evil includes refusing its attractive rewards.
Key Truth: Ask God to guard words and desires.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Let my prayer be set forth before thee as ____ ; and the lifting up of my hands as the …” (Psalms 141:2)
Find it in Psalms 141:2 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Set a watch, O LORD, before my ____ ; keep the door of my lips.” (Psalms 141:3)
Find it in Psalms 141:3 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Incline not my ____ to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men …” (Psalms 141:4)
Find it in Psalms 141:4 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 141:5–7 — Receiving righteous correction
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Correction from the righteous is described as kindness and oil. Hard images of judgment and scattered bones place that openness amid grave danger.
Key Truth: Receive truthful correction humbly.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a ____ : and let him reprove me; it shall be an …” (Psalms 141:5)
Find it in Psalms 141:5 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent ____ , which shall not break my head: for yet my …” (Psalms 141:5)
Find it in Psalms 141:5 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Our ____ are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth …” (Psalms 141:7)
Find it in Psalms 141:7 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 141:8–10 — Eyes fixed on God amid snares
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The speaker trusts God rather than the traps set by opponents. The prayer asks escape while leaving the wicked to their own nets.
Key Truth: Keep trust directed toward God.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “… unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my ____ ; leave not my soul destitute.” (Psalms 141:8)
Find it in Psalms 141:8 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Keep me from the ____ which they have laid for me, and the gins of …” (Psalms 141:9)
Find it in Psalms 141:9 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Let the wicked fall into their own ____ , whilst that I withal escape.” (Psalms 141:10)
Find it in Psalms 141:10 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Proverbs 27:6 — Faithful correction can be an act of friendship.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
What wise correction should you receive?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How does incense interpret prayer and lifted hands?
2. Why ask guards for both speech and inward desire?
3. How does righteous correction differ from hostile injury?
4. What connects looking to God with refusing abandonment?
5. How does the trap petition seek a reversal?
Notes
Write what you want to remember, questions to explore, or Scriptures to look up later. Your saved notes are private to your account.
Loading your notes…
Chapter Navigation