New American Standard Bible 1995 NASB95
English Standard Version ESV
1 O LORD , I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You!
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O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
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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 guard, O LORD , over 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 incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who do iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
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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 in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.
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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 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
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When their judges are thrown over the cliff, then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
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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 For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord ; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless .
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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 jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do 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, While I pass by safely.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.