| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. | 1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you! |
| 2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. | 2May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering! |
| 3Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. | 3O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips! |
| 4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. | 4Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies. |
| 5Let 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. | 5May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds. |
| 6When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. | 6They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant. |
| 7Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. | 7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. |
| 8But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. | 8Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger! |
| 9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. | 9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set. |
| 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. | 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape. |
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