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1 A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to You; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to You.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before You 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 by 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 my eyes are upon You, O Lord God: I have hoped in You; take not my life away.
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.
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