1 O Lord, I am calling to you. Please hurry!
Listen when I cry to you for help!
2 Accept my prayer as incense offered to you,
and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
3 Take control of what I say, O Lord,
and guard my lips.
4 Don’t let me drift toward evil
or take part in acts of wickedness.
Don’t let me share in the delicacies
of those who do wrong.
5 Let the godly strike me!
It will be a kindness!
If they correct me, it is soothing medicine.
Don’t let me refuse it. NLT
Psalm 141 is attributed to David. What is his tone in the first two verses?
How can prayer be "incense" and hands be an "offering"?
Describe the pressures David is facing in verses 3-4.
What kind of "delicacies" could David have in mind? What sort of things that are wrong could David be tempting David?
What is David's prayer in verse 5?
::::: APPLICATION CHALLENGE :::::
What wrong "delicacies" are tempting to you? Who are the godly people that correct you and hold you accountable in the way that you live?
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