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¹ Lord, I call to you. Come quickly.
    Listen to me when I call to you.
² Let my prayer be like incense placed before you,
    and my praise like the evening sacrifice.

³ Lord, help me control my tongue;
    help me be careful about what I say.
⁴ Take away my desire to do evil
    or to join others in doing wrong.
Don't let me eat tasty food
    with those who do evil.

⁵ If a good person punished me, that would be kind.
    If he corrected me, that would be like perfumed oil on my head.
    I shouldn't refuse it.
But I pray against those who do evil.
⁶ Let their leaders be thrown down the cliffs.
    Then people will know that I have spoken correctly:
⁷ "The ground is plowed and broken up.
    In the same way, our bones have been scattered at the grave."

⁸ God, I look to you for help.
    I trust in you, Lord. Don't let me die.
⁹ Protect me from the traps they set for me
    and from the net that evil people have spread.
¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
    but let me pass by safely.