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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.^[a]

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.