1
LORD, I have called unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the gift of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3
Set a watch, O LORD, upon my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to do works with ungodliness with the men that work iniquity, and let me not eat of their dainties.
5
Let the righteous smite me in mercy, and let him reprove me: and let not a flattering evil prince anoint my head, for my prayer shall ever be against his evil.
6
Their judges shall be thrown down from strong places; they shall hearken unto my words; for they are sweet.
7
Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cuts and cleaves wood upon 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.