Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
New International Version NIV
1 Lord, I call on You; hurry to [help] me. Listen to my voice when I call on You.
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I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before You as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering.
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May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
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Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing or wickedly perform reckless acts with men who commit sin. Do not let me feast on their delicacies.
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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.
5 Let the righteous one strike me- it is [an act of] faithful love; let him rebuke me- it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked.
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Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness; let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
6 When their rulers will be thrown off the sides of a cliff, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasing.
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Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, [turning up rocks], so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
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They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
8 But my eyes [look] to You, Lord God . I seek refuge in You; do not let me die.
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But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign LORD; in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
9 Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers.
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Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass [safely] by.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
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