New King James Version NKJV
New Living Translation NLT
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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O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry! Listen when I cry to you for help!
2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.
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Take control of what I say, O LORD, and guard 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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Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong.
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 the godly strike me! It will be a kindness! If they correct me, it is soothing medicine. Don’t let me refuse it. But I pray constantly against the wicked and their deeds.
6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff, And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
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When their leaders are thrown down from a cliff, the wicked will listen to my words and find them true.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
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Like rocks brought up by a plow, the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.
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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I look to you for help, O Sovereign LORD . You are my refuge; don’t let them kill me.
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 from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those who do wrong.
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, but let me escape.