1 J ehovah, I have called upon thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

2 L et my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.

3 S et a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

4 I ncline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

5 L et the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is in their calamities.

6 W hen their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.

7 O ur bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth upon the earth.

8 F or unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.

9 K eep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

10 L et the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal pass over.