| 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. |
| 2 | Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation. |
| 3 | Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 6 | When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet. |
| 7 | Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth. |
| 8 | For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute. |
| 9 | Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity. |
| 10 | Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that *I* withal pass over. |
