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A psalm of David. O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me. Pay attention to me when I cry out to you.
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May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
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O Lord, place a guard on my mouth. Protect the opening of my lips.
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Do not let me have evil desires or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.
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May the godly strike me in love and correct me. May my head not refuse choice oil. Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
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They will be thrown over the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
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As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
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Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger.
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Protect me from the snare they have laid for me and the traps the evildoers have set.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.