A Psalm of David.
1
LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me;Give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense;And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth;Keep the door of my lips.
4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing,To practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.
5
Let the righteous smite me;It shall be a kindness: And let him reprove me;It shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head:For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
6
When their judges are overthrown in stony places,They shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth,As when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord:In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.