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¹ LORD, I cry out to You; Make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You. ² Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. ³ Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. ⁴ Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice wicked works With men who work iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

⁵ Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked. ⁶ Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff, And they hear my words, for they are sweet. ⁷ Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, As when one plows and breaks up the earth. ⁸ But my eyes are upon You, O GOD the Lord; In You I take refuge; Do not leave my soul destitute. ⁹ Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity. ¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I escape safely.