King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
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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 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 an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep 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 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 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 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 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 overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
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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 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
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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 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 turned toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; do not leave me 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 alone escape.
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