Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Psalms 141?
Psalms 141 opens with these words: “Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.” The line to keep is Psalms 141:4: “Don’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.” Carry the word “incline” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Psalms 141:4: “Don’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.” What happens first in Psalms 141?
Psalms 141:4
“Don’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.”
Psalms 141:3
“Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.”
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Practice Psalms 141:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
inclinemyhearttoanyevilthing,todeedsofwickednesswithmenwhoiniquity.Don’tletmeeatoftheirdelicacies.