1A psalm by David. O Lord, I have called You, hasten to me; listen to my voice when I call to You.
2Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the raising of my hands as an afternoon offering.
3O Lord, place a guard for my mouth, keep watch over the door of my lips.
4Do not incline my heart to a bad thing-to perform deeds in wickedness, with men, doers of evil; let me not partake of their delicacies.
5Let the righteous one strike me with kindness and let him rebuke me; like the finest oil, let my head not refuse it. For as long [as I live], my prayer is [to preserve me] from their harm.
6For their judges have slipped because of their [hearts of] rock, though they heard my words and they were pleasant.
7As one who chops and splinters [wood] on the ground, so have our bones been scattered to the mouth of the grave.
8For to You, God, my Lord, are my eyes; in You I take shelter; do not pour out my soul.
9Protect me from the hands of the snare they laid for me, and from the traps of the evildoers.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets together, until I pass over.