Psalms When Tempted

Psalm 141

I have called to you, Lord; hasten to help me! Hear my voice when I cry to you. Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not let my heart incline to evil, to busy itself with wicked deeds.

Let me not be occupied in gainful pursuits; let the righteous strike me in kindness and rebuke me. But let not the oil of the wicked anoint my head, for my prayer is ever against their evil deeds.

When their judges are thrown down from the rock, they will hear my words, for they are pleasant. Like when one plows and breaks the earth, so shall my prayer break forth before you.

Let my lips be filled with your praise and my mouth with your glory. Do not let my heart turn to what is evil, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies.