King James Version KJV
New International Version NIV
1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry 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; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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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 LORD, 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 wicked works with men that work 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 shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be 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 overthrown in stony places, 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 grave's mouth, 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 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my 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 snares which they have laid for me, and the gins 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 escape.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
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