4Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil, to take part in wicked deeds with men who are evildoers; let me not eat of their delicacies.


In Context

1 O Lord , I call to you; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to you.

2 May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord ; keep watch over the door of my lips.

4 Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil, to take part in wicked deeds with men who are evildoers; let me not eat of their delicacies.

5 Let a righteous man strike me-it is a kindness; let him rebuke me-it is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it. Yet my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;

6 their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.

Psalms 141:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

141:4Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

141:4Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

141:4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

141:4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

141:4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

141:4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

141:4Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

141:4Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

141:4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.