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A Psalm of David. Lord, I cry out to You; Make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
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Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.
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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.
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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.
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Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff, And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
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Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
\\<>\\. 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.