1 I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;hear me when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before you like incense;may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evilso that I take part in wicked deedsalong with those who are evildoers;do not let me eat their delicacies.
5 Let a righteous man strike me – that is a kindness;let him rebuke me – that is oil on my head.My head will not refuse it,for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
6 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 They will say, ‘As one ploughs and breaks up the earth,so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.’
8 But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;in you I take refuge – do not give me over to death.
9 Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,from the snares they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,while I pass by in safety.