1
I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;
hear me when I call to you.
2
May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
4
Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil
so that I take part in wicked deeds
along with those who are evildoers;
do not let me eat their delicacies.
5
Let a righteous man strike me - that is a kindness;
let him rebuke me - that is oil on my head.
My head will not refuse it,
for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
6
Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7
They will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave."
8
But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;
in you I take refuge - do not give me over to death.
9
Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,
from the snares they have laid for me.
10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.