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A psalm of David.
1 Yahweh, I am crying out to you; come quickly to me.
Listen to me when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be like incense before you;
may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3 Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth;
guard the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart desire any evil thing
or participate in sinful activities
with men who behave wickedly.
May I not eat any of their delicacies.
5 Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me.
Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head;
may my head not refuse to accept it.
But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds.
6 Their leaders will be thrown down from the top of cliffs;
they will hear that my own words are pleasant.
7 They will have to say, “As when one plows and breaks up the ground,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”
8 Surely my eyes are on you, Yahweh, Lord;
in you I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
9 Protect me from the snares that they have laid for me,
from the traps of evildoers.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets
while I escape.