A prayer for sincerity, and for safety from snares. (A Psalm of David.)

¹⁾Lord, I cry unto thee; make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

²⁾Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

³⁾Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

⁴⁾Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

⁵⁾When the righteous smite me with the word of the Lord it is a kindness; and when they reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, and shall not destroy my faith; for yet my prayer also shall be for them. I delight not in their calamities.

⁶⁾When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

⁷⁾Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

⁸⁾But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord; in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

⁹⁾Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

¹⁰⁾Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.