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O Lord, I call upon you;tPs. 40:13; 70:5 hasten to me!
Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
2 LetuLuke 1:10; Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4 my prayer be counted as incense before you,
andvSee Ps. 28:2 the lifting up of my hands aswSee Ex. 29:41 the evening sacrifice!
3 xPs. 34:13 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
yMic. 7:5 keep watch over the door of my lips!
4 zPs. 119:36 Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men whoaver. 9; Ps. 94:4 work iniquity,
andbProv. 23:6 let me not eat of their delicacies!
5 c[Prov. 9:8; 19:25; 25:12; 27:6; Eccles. 7:5] Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yetd[Ps. 109:4] my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
6 When their judges aree2 Chr. 25:12; [Luke 4:29] thrown over the cliff,1Or When their judges fall into the hands of the Rock
then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
so shall our bonesfPs. 53:5; [Ezek. 37:1] be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 ButgPs. 25:15 my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord;
hSee Ps. 11:1 in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
9 Keep me fromiSee Ps. 140:5 the trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers!
10 Let the wickedj[Ps. 7:15] fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.