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1 I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.
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A psalm of David: ADONAI, I have called you; come to me quickly! Listen to my plea when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
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Let my prayer be like incense set before you, my uplifted hands like an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.
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Set a guard, ADONAI, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies.
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Don't let my heart turn to anything evil or allow me to act wickedly with men who are evildoers; keep me from eating their delicacies.
5 Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness; let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
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Let the righteous strike me, let him correct me; it will be an act of love. Let my head not refuse such choice oil, for I will keep on praying about their wickedness.
6 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
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When their rulers are thrown down from the cliff, [the wicked] will hear that my words were fitting.
7 They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
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As when one plows and breaks the ground into clods, our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sh'ol.
8 But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign LORD; in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
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For my eyes, ADONAI, Adonai, are on you; in you I take refuge; don't pour out my life.
9 Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.
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Keep me from the trap they have set for me, from the snares of evildoers.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
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