The Darby Translation DBY
New International Version NIV
1 {A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, I have called upon thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
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I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.
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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 a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep 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 any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.
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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 smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is [for them] in their calamities.
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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 judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
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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 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.
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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 For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.
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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 snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the 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 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that *I* withal pass over.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
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