A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto you: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto you.
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Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
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Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their delicacies.
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Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be against their evil.
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When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
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Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood upon the earth.
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But my eyes are unto you, O GOD the Lord: in you is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
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Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I thus escape.