The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 A psalm of David: ADONAI, I have called you; come to me quickly! Listen to my plea when I call to you.
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LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be like incense set before you, my uplifted hands like an evening sacrifice.
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Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, ADONAI, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
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Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4 Don't let my heart turn to anything evil or allow me to act wickedly with men who are evildoers; keep me from eating their delicacies.
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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.
5 Let the righteous strike me, let him correct me; it will be an act of love. Let my head not refuse such choice oil, for I will keep on praying about their wickedness.
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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.
6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliff, [the wicked] will hear that my words were fitting.
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When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7 As when one plows and breaks the ground into clods, our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sh'ol.
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Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8 For my eyes, ADONAI, Adonai, are on you; in you I take refuge; don't pour out my life.
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But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the trap they have set for me, from the snares of evildoers.
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Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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