1 A psalm of David.Lord, I call to you; hasten to me;listen to my plea when I call.
2 Let my prayer be incense before you;my uplifted hands an evening offering.
3 Set a guard, Lord, before my mouth,keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart incline to evil,to perform deeds in wickedness.On the delicacies of evildoerslet me not feast.
5 Let a righteous person strike me; it is mercy if he reproves me.Do not withhold oil from my headwhile my prayer opposes their evil deeds.
6 May their leaders be cast over the cliff,so that they hear that my speeches are pleasing.
7 Like the plowing and breaking up of the earth,our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sheol.