Psalm 141
A psalm of David.
1I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;
hear me when I call to you.
2May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
4Do 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.
5Let 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.
6Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
8But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;
in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
9Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,
from the snares they have laid for me.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.
Zaburi 141
Maombi Ya Kuhifadhiwa Dhidi Ya Uovu
Zaburi ya Daudi.
1141:1 Za 22:19; 4:1; 5:1-2; 27:7; 143:1Ee Bwana, ninakuita wewe, uje kwangu hima.
Sikia sauti yangu ninapokuita.
2141:2 Lk 1:9; Ufu 5:8; 8:3; Za 28:2; 63:4; 1Tim 2:8; Kut 29:39, 41; 30:8; Efe 5:2Maombi yangu na yafike mbele zako kama uvumba;
kuinua mikono yangu juu na kuwe kama dhabihu ya jioni.
3141:3 Za 34:13; 12:2; Yak 1:26; 3:8Ee Bwana, weka mlinzi kinywani mwangu,
weka ulinzi mlangoni mwa midomo yangu.
4141:4 Yos 24:23; Za 106:29; Mit 23:1-3Usiuache moyo wangu uvutwe katika jambo baya,
nisije nikashiriki katika matendo maovu
pamoja na watu watendao mabaya,
wala nisije nikala vyakula vyao vya anasa.
5141:5 Mit 9:8; 19:25; 25:12; Mhu 7:5; Kut 29:7; Za 23:5Mtu mwenye haki na anipige: ni jambo la huruma;
na anikemee: ni mafuta kichwani mwangu.
Kichwa changu hakitalikataa.
Hata hivyo, maombi yangu daima
ni kinyume cha watenda mabaya,
6141:6 2Nya 25:12watawala wao watatupwa chini
kutoka kwenye majabali,
waovu watajifunza kwamba maneno yangu
yalikuwa kweli.
7141:7 Za 129:3; Hes 16:32-33; 16:30; 2Kor 1:9Watasema, “Kama mtu anavyolima na kuvunja ardhi,
ndivyo mifupa yetu imetawanywa kwenye mlango wa kaburi.”
8141:8 Za 123:2; 2:12; 11:1Lakini nimekaza macho yangu kwako, Ee Bwana Mwenyezi,
ndani yako nimekimbilia, usiniache nife.
9141:9 Za 140:4; 64:5; 38:12Niepushe na mitego waliyonitegea,
kutokana na mitego iliyotegwa na watenda mabaya.
10141:10 Za 7:15; 35:8; 57:6; 124:7Waovu na waanguke kwenye nyavu zao wenyewe,
wakati mimi ninapita salama.
