King James Version KJV
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
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A Psalm of David. I call upon thee, O LORD; make haste to me! Give ear to my voice, when I call to thee!
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 thee, 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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Incline not my heart to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties!
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 good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, but let the oil of the wicked never 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 the word of the LORD is true.
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 a rock which one cleaves 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 toward thee, O LORD God; in thee 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 which 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 together fall into their own nets, while I escape.
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