1 Lord, I call on You; hurry to help me.Listen to my voice when I call on You.
2 May my prayer be set before You as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering.
3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;keep watch at the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart turn to any evil thingor perform wicked actswith men who commit sin.Do not let me feast on their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous one strike me —it is an act of faithful love;let him rebuke me —it is oil for my head;let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is againstthe evil acts of the wicked.
6 When their rulers will be thrown offthe sides of a cliff,the people will listen to my words,for they are pleasing.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil,turning up rocks,so our bones have been scatteredat the mouth of Sheol.