1 Lord, I cry out to You;Make haste to me!Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense,The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,To practice wicked worksWith men who work iniquity;And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous strike me;It shall be a kindness.And let him rebuke me;It shall be as excellent oil;Let my head not refuse it.For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff,And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,As when one plows and breaks up the earth.