GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 O LORD, I cry out to you, "Come quickly." Open your ears to me when I cry out to you.
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A Psalm of David. Lord, I cry out to You; Make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
2 Let my prayer be accepted as sweet-smelling incense in your presence. Let the lifting up of my hands in prayer be accepted as an evening sacrifice.
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Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 O LORD, set a guard at my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips.
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Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not let me be persuaded to do anything evil or to become involved with wickedness, with people who are troublemakers. Do not let me taste their delicacies.
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Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice wicked works With men who work iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 A righteous person may strike me or correct me out of kindness. It is like lotion for my head. My head will not refuse it, because my prayer is directed against evil deeds.
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Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
6 When their judges are thrown off a cliff, they will listen to what I have to say. It will sound pleasant [to them].
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Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff, And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 As someone plows and breaks up the ground, so our bones will be planted at the mouth of the grave.
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Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
8 My eyes look to you, LORD Almighty. I have taken refuge in you. Do not leave me defenseless.
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But my eyes are upon You, O God the Lord; In You I take refuge; Do not leave my soul destitute.
9 Keep me away from the trap they set for me and from the traps set by troublemakers.
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Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let wicked people fall into their own nets, while I escape unharmed.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I escape safely.