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¹ Lord, I call on You; hurry to help me.
Listen to my voice when I call on You.^(a)
2 May my prayer be set before You as incense,^(b)
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.^(c)

³ Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.^(d)
4 Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing
or perform wicked acts
with men who commit sin.
Do not let me feast on their delicacies.^(e)
5 Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me^[a] not refuse it.^(f)
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.^[b](g)
6 When their rulers^[c] will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people^[d] will listen to my words,
for they are pleasing.^(h)

⁷ As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our^[e] bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.⁽ⁱ⁾

⁸ But my eyes look to You, Lord God.
I seek refuge in You; do not let me die.^[f](j)
9 Protect me from^[g] the trap they have set for me,
and from the snares of evildoers.^(k)
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.^(l)