RitualSong (2nd ed.) ‎#17

17. Psalm 141 (Incense Psalm)

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Antiphon:
My prayers rise like incense,
my hands like an evening off'ring.

1 I have called to you, LORD; hasten to help me!
Hear my voice when I cry to you.
Let my prayer be accepted as incense before you,
the raising of my hands like an evening oblation. [Antiphon]

2 Set, O LORD, a guard on my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips!
Do not turn my heart to things that are evil,
to wicked deeds with those who are sinnners. [Antiphon]

3 Never allow me to share in their feasting.
If a good man strikes me it is kindness;
but let the oil of the wicked not anoint my head.
Let my prayer be ever against their malice. [Antiphon]

4 To you my eyes are turned, O LORD, my Lord.
In you I take refuge; spare my soul!
From the trap they have laid for me, keep me safe;
keep me from the snares of those who do evil. [Antiphon]

5 Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be for ever. Amen. [Antiphon]

Text Information

• First Line: I have called to you, LORD; hasten to help me
• Title: Psalm 141 (Incense Psalm)
• Refrain First Line: My prayers rise like incense
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2016
• Scripture:
  Psalm 141
• Topic: Liturgy of the Hours: Evening Prayer (Vespers)
• Source: Psalm: The Revised Grail Psalms
• Copyright: Psalm © 2010, Conception Abbey and The Grail, admin. by GIA Publications, Inc.

Tune Information

• Name: [I have called to you, Lord]
• Composer: Howard Hughes, SM
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: © 1979, GIA Publications, Inc.