1 I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.
2
May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3
Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.
4
Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies.
\\<>\\. This psalm was written about the same time, and upon the same occasion, as that going before and what follows after; even when David was persecuted by Saul, and when he was in great danger of his enemies, and snares were laid for his life.