1: A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry to thee: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to 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 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] 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 my eyes [are] to thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. 9: Keep me from the snare [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. 10: Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I escape.
