Psalm 141

Hubby posted this today:

When we pray it is important to know what we have, what has been provided for us, what we possess as an inheritance; In verse three we exhort God to set a watch before our mouth.  Effective prayer has correct understanding behind it. To pray as if we must bribe Him or jump through holy hoops to get Him to respond is going to lead to frustration. Just trust Him (verse 8), that's what He wants!

Psalm 141

 ¹Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
 ²Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
 ³Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
 ⁴Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
 ⁵Let 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.
 ⁶When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
 ⁷Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
 ⁸But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
 ⁹Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
 ¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.