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An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.

¹ LORD, I call upon You; ^(C1)hurry to me.
^(C2)Listen to my voice when I call to You.

² Let my prayer be counted as ^(C1)incense before You;
The ^(C2)lifting up of my hands as the ^(C3)evening offering. ^(VR1)

³ Set a ^(C1)guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the ^(C2)door of my lips to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly.

^4 (C1)Do not incline my heart to consent to or tolerate any evil thing,
Or to practice deeds of wickedness
With men who ^(C2)plan and do evil;
And ^(C3)let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).

⁵ Let the ^(C1)righteous thoughtfully strike (correct) me—it is a kindness done to encourage my spiritual maturity.
^(C2)It is the choicest anointing oil on the head;
Let my head not refuse to accept and acknowledge and learn from it;
For still my prayer is ^(C3)against their wicked deeds. ^(VR1)

⁶ Their wicked, godless judges are ^(C1)thrown down the sides of the rocky cliff,
And they who followed them will hear my words, for they are pleasant (just).

⁷ As when the one ^(C1)plows and breaks open the ground and the soil scatters behind him,
Our ^(C2)bones have been scattered at the ^(C3)mouth of Sheol by the injustices of the wicked. ^(VR1)

⁸ For my ^(C1)eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord;
In You I ^(C2)take refuge; ^(C3)do not pour out my life nor leave me defenseless.

⁹ Keep me from the ^(C1)jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the ^(C2)snares of those who do evil.

¹⁰ Let the wicked ^(C1)fall into their own nets,
While I pass by and ^(C2)safely escape from danger.