[1] Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
[2] Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
[3] Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
[4] Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.
[5] Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
[6] Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
[7] As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
[8] For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.
[9] Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
[10] Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.