>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/ps/141?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#0778d::c0778d) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/psalms/141.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Psalms/141.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/psa/141/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>This chapter is a psalm of David, where he prays to God for protection and guidance, asking to be kept from evil and the influence of wicked people. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>David is asking God to help him be good and to stay away from bad things. He trusts God to protect him from people who want to hurt him. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>In this heartfelt plea, David calls upon the Lord to listen to his prayers and protect him from speaking or engaging in evil. He seeks righteousness and prays for the strength to avoid the traps set by those who do wrong, trusting that God will keep him safe and guide him away from harm. > >#Gospel/Prayer #Gospel/Righteousness #Gospel/TrustInGod ###### 1 1 Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. ###### 2 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. ###### 3 3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. ###### 4 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 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: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. ###### 6 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. ###### 7 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. ###### 8 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. ###### 9 9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. ###### 10 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.