A Prayer for Protection from Sin and Sinners - Psalm 141

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In Matthew 6 Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray by giving them a model prayer. In that prayer Jesus helps us see the kinds of things we should be praying for. That model prayer ends with this request: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. When Jesus taught His disciples (and us) how to pray he included this request in which we ask for God’s help in our fight against sin. Psalm 141 is, in many respects, an expanded and more detailed version of that final request of the Lord’s Prayer. In this psalm we have David asking God to keep him from sin and to protect him from those who sin against him. What’s evident from this psalm is that David recognizes the seriousness of sin and he knows that he needs God’s help in order to put sin to death. As David prays for protection, both from sin and from other sinners, we have an example of how we should pray. This psalm should give us words that we can use in our own prayers as we strive to put off sin and honor God.