Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to Thee.
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I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.
2 My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present.
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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 Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over 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 Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
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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 The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.
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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 Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
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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 one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.
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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 to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, [are] mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.
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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 Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
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Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.
10 The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
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