1 Y ahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

2 L et my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

3 S et a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

4 D on’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

5 L et the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

6 T heir judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

7 “ As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”

8 F or my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute.

9 K eep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

10 L et the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.