Psalms 141

Giga Bible (GIGAKJV) · 10 verses · 10 differ from the KJV
  1. 1Lord, I cry to you: hurry to me. Listen to my voice, when I cry to you.
  2. 2Let my prayer come before you as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
  3. 3Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
  4. 4Do not turn my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men who do wrong: and let me not eat of their fine foods.
  5. 5Let the righteous strike me. It shall be a kindness: and let him correct me. It shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head. For yet my prayer also shall be in their disasters.
  6. 6When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words. For they are sweet.
  7. 7Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood on the earth.
  8. 8But my eyes are to you, O God the Lord: in you is my trust. Do not leave my soul destitute.
  9. 9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the traps of the evildoers.
  10. 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets while I escape safely.

What changed from the KJV

GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Psalms 141 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.

Psalms 141:1

KJVLord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

GIGAKJVLord, I cry to you: hurry to me. Listen to my voice, when I cry to you.

Psalms 141:2

KJVLet my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

GIGAKJVLet my prayer come before you as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Psalms 141:3

KJVSet a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

GIGAKJVSet a watch, O Lord, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

Psalms 141:4

KJVIncline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

GIGAKJVDo not turn my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men who do wrong: and let me not eat of their fine foods.

Psalms 141:5

KJVLet the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

GIGAKJVLet the righteous strike me. It shall be a kindness: and let him correct me. It shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head. For yet my prayer also shall be in their disasters.

Psalms 141:6

KJVWhen their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

GIGAKJVWhen their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words. For they are sweet.

Psalms 141:7

KJVOur bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

GIGAKJVOur bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood on the earth.

Psalms 141:8

KJVBut mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

GIGAKJVBut my eyes are to you, O God the Lord: in you is my trust. Do not leave my soul destitute.

Psalms 141:9

KJVKeep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

GIGAKJVKeep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the traps of the evildoers.

Psalms 141:10

KJVLet the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

GIGAKJVLet the wicked fall into their own nets while I escape safely.

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