Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Revised Standard NRS
1 (140-1) I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.
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I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me; give ear to my voice when I call to you.
2 (140-2) Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
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Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
3 (140-3) Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
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Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 (140-4) Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.
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Do not turn my heart to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with those who work iniquity; do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 (140-5) The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:
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Let the righteous strike me; let the faithful correct me. Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head, for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.
6 (140-6) Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
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When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that my words were pleasant.
7 (140-7) As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.
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Like a rock that one breaks apart and shatters on the land, so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
8 (140-8) But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.
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But my eyes are turned toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; do not leave me defenseless.
9 (140-9) Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
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Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers.
10 (140-10) The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I alone escape.
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