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1 A Psalm of David.
O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me:
Attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense;
The lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth,
And a strong door about my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to evil things,
To employ pretexts for sins,
With men who work iniquity:
And let me not unite with their choice ones.
5 The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me:
But let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head:
For yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
6 Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock:
They shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground,
Our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave.
8 For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God:
I have hoped in thee; take not away my life.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have set for me,
And from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
10 Sinners shall fall by their own net:
I am alone until I shall escape.