[1] LORD, I call on you; hurry to help me. Listen to my voice when I call on you. [2] May my prayer be set before you as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering. [3] LORD, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. [4] Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing or perform wicked acts with evildoers. Do not let me feast on their delicacies. [5] Let the righteous one strike me- it is an act of faithful love; let him rebuke me- it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked. [6] When their rulers will be thrown off the sides of a cliff, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasing. [7] As when one plows and breaks up the soil, turning up rocks, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. [8] But my eyes look to you, LORD, my Lord. I seek refuge in you; do not let me die. [9] Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers. [10] Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
