---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 141
verse_count: 10
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 141, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 141

*A prayer for sincerity, and for safety from snares. A Psalm of David.*

**1** Lord, I cry unto thee; make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
**2** Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
**3** Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
**4** 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.
**5** When the righteous smite me with the word of the Lord it is kindness: and when they reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, and shall not destroy my faith; for yet my prayer also shall be for them. I delight not in their calamities.
**6** When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
**7** Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
**8** But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord; in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
**9** Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
**10** Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.