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A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry to thee: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to thee.
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Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
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Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
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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.
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Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.
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When their judges are overthrown in 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.
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But my eyes [are] to thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
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Keep me from the snare [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.