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LORD, I call upon You; hurry to me! Listen to my voice when I call to You!

Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The raising of my hands as the evening offering.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Set a guard, LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Set a watch, O Lord , before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With people who do wrong; And may I not taste their delicacies.

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.

May the righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me; It is oil for the head; My head shall not refuse it, For my prayer is still against their evil deeds.

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.

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

For my eyes are toward You, GOD, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.

But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do wrong.

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

May the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.