1
I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me; give ear to my voice when I call to you.
2
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
3
Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
4
Do not turn my heart to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with those who work iniquity; do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5
Let the righteous strike me; let the faithful correct me. Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head, for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.
6
When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that my words were pleasant.
\\<>\\. 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.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.