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| 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah, I have called upon thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee. |
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| 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation. |
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| 3 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. |
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| 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties. |
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| 5 Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamities. |
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| 6 When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet. |
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| 7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. |
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| 8 For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute. |
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| 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity. |
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| 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that *I* withal pass over. |
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