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  • Prayer for Safekeeping from Wickedness

    A Psalm of David.

    Lord, I cry out to You;
    Make haste to me!
    Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
  • Give Ear to My Voice

    A Psalm of David.

    O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me!
    Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
  • Let my prayer be set before You as incense,
    The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
  • Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,
    and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!
  • Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
    Keep watch over the door of my lips.
  • Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
    keep watch over the door of my lips!
  • Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
    To practice wicked works
    With men who work iniquity;
    And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
  • Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
    to busy myself with wicked deeds
    in company with men who work iniquity,
    and let me not eat of their delicacies!
  • Let the righteous strike me;
    It shall be a kindness.
    And let him rebuke me;
    It shall be as excellent oil;
    Let my head not refuse it.
    For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
  • Let a righteous man strike me — it is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me — it is oil for my head;
    let my head not refuse it.
    Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
  • Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the [a]cliff,
    And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
  • When their judges are thrown over the cliff,a
    then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
  • Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
    As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
  • As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
    so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.b
  • But my eyes are upon You, O God the Lord;
    In You I take refuge;
    [b]Do not leave my soul destitute.
  • But my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord;
    in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!c
  • Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
    And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
  • Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me
    and from the snares of evildoers!
  • Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
    While I escape safely.
  • Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
    while I pass by safely.

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