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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1LORD, I call on you; hurry to help me. Listen to my voice when I call on you. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2May my prayer be set before you as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3LORD, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing or perform wicked acts with men who commit sin. Do not let me feast on their delicacies. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Let the righteous one strike me--it is an act of faithful love; let him rebuke me--it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6When their rulers will be thrown off the sides of a cliff, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasing. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, turning up rocks, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8But my eyes look to you, LORD, my Lord. I seek refuge in you; do not let me die. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely. |
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