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1 O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
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I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me; give ear to my voice when I call to you.
2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!
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Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
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Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies!
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Do not turn my heart to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with those who work iniquity; do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
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Let the righteous strike me; let the faithful correct me. Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head, for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.
6 When their judges are thrown over the cliff, then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
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When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that my words were pleasant.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
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Like a rock that one breaks apart and shatters on the land, so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
8 But my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
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But my eyes are turned toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; do not leave me defenseless.
9 Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!
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Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I alone escape.
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