2
Let my prayer be set before Thee as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.
5
Let the righteous smite me: it shall be a kindness. And let him reprove me: it shall be as an excellent oil, which shall not break my head; for yet my prayer shall be with them in their calamities.
6
When their judges are overthrown onto stony places, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8
But mine eyes are unto Thee, O GOD the Lord; in Thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
\\<>\\. This psalm was written about the same time, and upon the same occasion, as that going before and what follows after; even when David was persecuted by Saul, and when he was in great danger of his enemies, and snares were laid for his life.