1 | Lord,
I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto
thee. |
2 | Let my prayer be
set forth 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 practise
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
an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall
be in their calamities. |
6 |
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. |
8 | But
mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul
destitute. |
9 | Keep me from
the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of
iniquity. |
10 | Let the
wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. |