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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Psalms 141

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A praise song of David.

1 Lord, I call to you for help.
    Listen to me as I pray.
    Please hurry and help me!
2 Accept my prayer like a gift of burning incense,
    the words I lift up like an evening sacrifice.

3 Lord, help me control what I say.
    Don't let me say anything bad.
4 Take away any desire to do evil.
    Keep me from joining the wicked in doing wrong.
    Help me stay away from their feasts.
5 If good people correct me,
    I will consider it a good thing.
If they criticize me,
    I will accept it like a warm welcome.[a]
But my prayer will always be against the wicked and the evil they do.
6 Let their judges be put to death.[b]
    Then everyone will know that I told the truth.

7 Like rocks in a field that a farmer has plowed,
    so our bones will be scattered in the grave.
8 My Lord God, I look to you for help.
    I look to you for protection; don't let me die.
9 Those evil people are trying to trap me.
    Don't let me fall into their traps.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own traps,
    while I walk away unharmed.

 
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