Psalms 141:4
2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.
- DARBY
- Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.
- BLB
- Do not make my heart bend to an evil thing, to do works in wickedness, with men working iniquity; never shall I eat of their delicacies!
- ÅB
- Bøy ikke mitt hjerte til noe ondt, til å gjøre ugudelighets-gjerninger sammen med menn som gjør urett, og la meg ikke spise av deres fine retter!
- OTB
- La ikke mitt hjerte bli dratt mot noe ondt,
Til å delta i ugudelige gjerninger
Med dem som gjør urett;
Og la meg ikke ta del i deres delikatesser. - B1930
- Bøi ikke mitt hjerte til noget ondt, til å gjøre ugudelighets-gjerninger sammen med menn som gjør urett, og la mig ikke ete av deres fine retter!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
Read in contextPsalms 119:36
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:17
Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Read in context1 Kings 8:58
May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
Read in contextJames 1:13
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
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