1 - ?A psalm of David.?
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.