American Standard Version ASV
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 Jehovah, I have called upon thee; Make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
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Lord, I call on You; hurry to [help] me. Listen to my voice when I call on You.
2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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May my prayer be set before You as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering.
3 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
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Lord, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.
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Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing or wickedly perform reckless acts with men who commit sin. Do not let me feast on their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
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Let the righteous one strike me- it is [an act of] faithful love; let him rebuke me- it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked.
6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; For they are sweet.
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When their rulers will be thrown off the sides of a cliff, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasing.
7 As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
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As when one plows and breaks up the soil, [turning up rocks], so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; Leave not my soul destitute.
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But my eyes [look] to You, Lord God . I seek refuge in You; do not let me die.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
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Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers.
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 [safely] by.
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