King James Version KJV
English Standard Version ESV
1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
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O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice 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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Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as 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, O Lord, over my mouth; 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 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!
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—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.
6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
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When their judges are thrown over the cliff, then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
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As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
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 toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
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 from the trap that they have laid 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 by safely.
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