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