Prayer for Safekeeping from Wickedness
A Psalm of David.
Make haste to me!
Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
2 Let my prayer be set before You aas incense,
bThe lifting up of my hands as cthe evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my dmouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
eAnd do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 fLet the righteous strike me;
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.
For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the 1cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
8 But gmy eyes are upon You, O God the Lord;
In You I take refuge;
2Do not leave my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from hthe snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 iLet the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.