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Psalms 141:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies. "
Psalms 141:4
Verse in Context
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2 Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
4 Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
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Psalms 141:1
"LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you."
Psalms 141:2
"Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice."
Psalms 141:3
"Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips."
Psalms 141:5
"Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds."
Psalms 141:6
"Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken."
Psalms 141:7
"“As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”"
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