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1O Lord, I call out to You, come quickly to me;
hear me when I call out to You.
2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense,
the raising of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not let 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 the righteous strike me—it will be a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it shall be oil on my head;
my head will not refuse it.
My prayer is ever opposed to the deeds of the wicked;
6when their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs,
they will learn that my words were spoken well.
7 As when one ploughs and breaks up the ground,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 But my eyes are fixed on You, O God, my Lord;
my trust is in You—do not give me over to death.
9 Save me from the snares they have laid for me,
from the traps set by evildoers.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.