New King James Version NKJV
New International Version NIV
1 A Psalm of David. Lord, I cry out to You; Make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
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I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.
2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like 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 over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice wicked works With men who work iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
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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.
5 Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
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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.
6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff, And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
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Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
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They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
8 But my eyes are upon You, O God the Lord; In You I take refuge; Do not leave my soul destitute.
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But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign LORD; in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
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Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I escape safely.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
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