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 workswith 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.