1 LORD, I call on you; come quickly to me! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
2 May my prayer stand before you as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Post a guard, LORD, at my mouth; watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart turn toward anything evil, to carry out deeds of wickedness with men who do evil; and let me not taste their choice foods.
5 Let the righteous strike me—that is kindness; let him correct me—that is oil on my head; my head will not refuse it. For my prayer is still against their wicked deeds.
6 Their judges are flung down from the sides of the cliff, and they will hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when someone plows and splits the ground, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 But my eyes are on you, GOD the Lord; in you I take refuge; do not pour out my soul.
9 Guard me from the grip of the trap they have set for me and from the snares of evildoers.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets together, while I pass safely by.