A Psalm of David.

1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; Give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

5 Let the righteous smite me; It shall be a kindness: And let him reprove me; It shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, They shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, As when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.