## Psalms Chapter 141

###### Psalms 141:1
[Psalms 141:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/141:1)

מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָ֫וִ֥ד יְהֹוָ֣ה קְ֭רָאתִיךָ ח֣וּשָׁה לִּ֑י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה ק֝וֹלִ֗י בְּקׇרְאִי־לָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Psalm of David. Lord, I cry to Thee: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A psalm of David. O L rd, when I call You, quicken to [hear] me. Listen to my voice when I call upon You.


###### Psalms 141:2
[Psalms 141:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/141:2)

תִּכּ֤וֹן תְּפִלָּתִ֣י קְטֹ֣רֶת לְפָנֶ֑יךָ מַֽשְׂאַ֥ת כַּ֝פַּ֗י מִנְחַת־עָֽרֶב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let my prayer be set forth before Thee like incense; and the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let my prayer be established as incense before You; the lifting of my hands [in prayer] as the evening offering.


###### Psalms 141:3
[Psalms 141:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/141:3)

שִׁיתָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה שׇׁמְרָ֣ה לְפִ֑י נִ֝צְּרָ֗ה עַל־דַּ֥ל שְׂפָתָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Set a guard, O Lord, to my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Set, O L rd, a guard on my mouth [(that my prayers be acceptable to You)]. Guard the door of my lips [i.e., the upper lip].


###### Psalms 141:4
[Psalms 141:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/141:4)

אַל־תַּט־לִבִּ֨י לְדָבָ֪ר׀רָ֡ע לְהִתְע֘וֹלֵ֤ל עֲלִל֨וֹת**׀** בְּרֶ֗שַׁע אֶת־אִישִׁ֥ים פֹּעֲלֵי־אָ֑וֶן וּבַל־אֶ֝לְחַ֗ם בְּמַנְעַמֵּיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked deeds with men who work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let my heart not incline to an evil thing, to do acts in wickedness with men who are workers of iniquity, and let me not partake of their feasts.


###### Psalms 141:5
[Psalms 141:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/141:5)

יֶ֥הֶלְמֵֽנִי־צַדִּ֨יק**׀** חֶ֡סֶד וְֽיוֹכִיחֵ֗נִי שֶׁ֣מֶן רֹ֭אשׁ אַל־יָנִ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑י כִּי־ע֥וֹד וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗י בְּרָעוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let the righteous strike me in kindness: and let him rebuke me; it shall be as oil for my head: let not my head refuse it: but still shall my prayer be against their evil plight.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let a righteous [prophet] smite me [i.e., chastise me] with ["blows" that are really] lovingkindness, and let him reprove me. May the oil of my head [(the anointment oil by which I was made king)] not turn my head [from his chastisement, to partake of the feast of the wicked.] For as long as my prayer [is in my mouth], it is against their evils.


###### Psalms 141:6
[Psalms 141:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/141:6)

נִשְׁמְט֣וּ בִֽידֵי־סֶ֭לַע שֹׁפְטֵיהֶ֑ם וְשָׁמְע֥וּ אֲ֝מָרַ֗י כִּ֣י נָעֵֽמוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When their judges are thrown down upon the rocks, then they will hear how sweet were my words.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[For] their judges [and leaders] have slipped [from the path of good] by the "rock" [(the evil inclination and a heart as hard as rock)], though they have heard the pleasantness of my words [in praise of the mitzvoth of the L rd.]


###### Psalms 141:7
[Psalms 141:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/141:7)

כְּמ֤וֹ פֹלֵ֣חַ וּבֹקֵ֣עַ בָּאָ֑רֶץ נִפְזְר֥וּ עֲ֝צָמֵ֗ינוּ לְפִ֣י שְׁאֽוֹל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As when one cuts and breaks up wood on the earth, so are our bones strewn at the mouth of She᾽ol.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As split [wood] scattered over the earth, so our bones [(those of David and his men)] were scattered over the mouth of Sheol [(because of the evils of these men)].


###### Psalms 141:8
[Psalms 141:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/141:8)

כִּ֤י אֵלֶ֨יךָ**׀** יֱהֹוִ֣ה אֲדֹנָ֣י עֵינָ֑י בְּכָ֥ה חָ֝סִ֗יתִי אַל־תְּעַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But my eyes are towards Thee, O God the Lord: in Thee I seek refuge; do not pour away my life.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(reversion to verse 3)] For upon You, O G d, my L rd, are my eyes. I took refuge in You.


###### Psalms 141:9
[Psalms 141:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/141:9)

שׇׁמְרֵ֗נִי מִ֣ידֵי פַ֭ח יָ֣קְשׁוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Save me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the [other] traps of the workers of iniquity.


###### Psalms 141:10
[Psalms 141:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/141:10)

יִפְּל֣וּ בְמַכְמֹרָ֣יו רְשָׁעִ֑ים יַ֥חַד אָ֝נֹכִ֗י עַֽד־אֶעֱבֽוֹר׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, whilst I escape.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let the evil-doers fall into their [own] snares, all together, before I pass [by them (the snares)].