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{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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Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.
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Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
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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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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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When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
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Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.
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For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.