[1] I pray to you, LORD! Please listen when I pray and hurry to help me. [2] Think of my prayer as sweet-smelling incense, and think of my lifted hands as an evening sacrifice. [3] Help me to guard my words whenever I say something. [4] Don't let me want to do evil or waste my time doing wrong with wicked people. Don't let me even taste the good things they offer. [5] Let your faithful people correct and punish me. My prayers condemn the deeds of those who do wrong, so don't let me be friends with any of them. [6] Everyone will admit that I was right when their rulers are thrown down a rocky cliff, [7] and their bones lie scattered like broken rocks on top of a grave. [8] You are my LORD and God, and I look to you for safety. Don't let me be harmed. [9] Protect me from the traps of those violent people, [10] and make them fall into their own traps while you help me escape.
