[1] LORD, I cry unto You; make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry unto You. [2] Let my prayer be set forth before You as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. [3] Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. [4] Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil, to practice wicked deeds with men who do iniquity, and do not let me eat of their delights. [5] Let the righteous man strike me; it shall be a kindness. Let him rebuke me; it shall be oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. For my prayer is continually against their evil deeds. [6] When their judges are thrown to stony places, then they shall hear my words, for they are sweet. [7] As when one plows to break up the land, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. [8] But my eyes are unto You, O GOD my Lord, in You is my trust; do not leave my soul defenseless. [9] Keep me from the snares that they have laid for me, and the traps of those who do iniquity. [10] Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by and escape.
