Revised Standard Version RSV
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 A Psalm of David. I call upon thee, O LORD; make haste to me! Give ear to my voice, when I call to thee!
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O LORD, I cry out to you, "Come quickly." Open your ears to me when I cry out to you.
2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice!
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Let my prayer be accepted as sweet-smelling incense in your presence. Let the lifting up of my hands in prayer be accepted as an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD, keep watch over the door of my lips!
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O LORD, set a guard at my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 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!
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Do not let me be persuaded to do anything evil or to become involved with wickedness, with people who are troublemakers. Do not let me taste their delicacies.
5 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.
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A righteous person may strike me or correct me out of kindness. It is like lotion for my head. My head will not refuse it, because my prayer is directed against evil deeds.
6 When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that the word of the LORD is true.
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When their judges are thrown off a cliff, they will listen to what I have to say. It will sound pleasant [to them].
7 As a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land, so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
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As someone plows and breaks up the ground, so our bones will be planted at the mouth of the grave.
8 But my eyes are toward thee, O LORD God; in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
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My eyes look to you, LORD Almighty. I have taken refuge in you. Do not leave me defenseless.
9 Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers!
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Keep me away from the trap they set for me and from the traps set by troublemakers.
10 Let the wicked together fall into their own nets, while I escape.
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Let wicked people fall into their own nets, while I escape unharmed.
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