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.


In Context

1 A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear to my voice when I call to Thee.

2 My prayer is prepared — incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands — the evening present.

3 Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

4 Incline 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.

5 The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations.

6 Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.

Psalm 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

141:4Let 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.

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 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.