¹A psalm of David:

Adonai , I have called you; come to me quickly!

Listen to my plea when I call to you.

²Let my prayer be like incense set before you,

my uplifted hands like an evening sacrifice.

³Set a guard, Adonai , over my mouth;

keep watch at the door of my lips.

⁴Don’t let my heart turn to anything evil

or allow me to act wickedly

with men who are evildoers;

keep me from eating their delicacies.

⁵Let the righteous strike me, let him correct me;

it will be an act of love.

Let my head not refuse such choice oil,

for I will keep on praying about their wickedness.

⁶When their rulers are thrown down from the cliff,

[the wicked] will hear that my words were fitting.

⁷As when one plows and breaks the ground into clods,

our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sh’ol.

⁸For my eyes, Adonai , Adonai , are on you;

in you I take refuge; don’t pour out my life.

⁹Keep me from the trap they have set for me,

from the snares of evildoers.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

while I pass by in safety.