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| 1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. |
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| 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. |
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| 3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. |
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| 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. |
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| 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. |
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| 9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. |
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| 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. |
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