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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 May my prayer be ^(F1)counted as ^(C1)incense before You;
The ^(C2)raising of my hands as the ^(C3)evening offering.

³ Set a ^(C1)guard, LORD, ^(F1)over my mouth;
Keep watch over the ^(C2)door of my lips.

^4 (C1)Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds ^(F1)of wickedness
With people who ^(C2)do wrong;
And ^(C3)may I not taste their delicacies.

⁵ May the ^(C1)righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me;
It is ^(C2)oil for the head;
My head shall not refuse it,
For my prayer ^(C3)is still against their evil deeds.

⁶ Their judges are ^(C1)thrown down by the sides of the rock,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

⁷ As when one ^(C1)plows and breaks open the earth,
Our ^(C2)bones have been scattered at the ^(C3)mouth of ^(F1)Sheol.

⁸ For my ^(C1)eyes are toward You, ^(F1)GOD, the Lord;
In You I ^(C2)take refuge; ^(C3)do not ^(F2)leave me defenseless.

⁹ Keep me from the ^(F1)(C1)jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the ^(C2)snares of those who do wrong.

¹⁰ May the wicked ^(C1)fall into their own nets,
While I pass by ^(F1)(C2)safely.