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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. I call upon thee, O LORD; make haste to me! Give ear to my voice, when I call to thee!
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 counted as incense before thee, and the lifting up of my hands as 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 over my mouth, O LORD, keep watch over 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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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 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 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 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 they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that the word of the LORD is true.
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 a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land, so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
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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But my eyes are toward thee, O LORD God; in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
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 which they have laid for me, and 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 together fall into their own nets, while I escape.
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