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1. A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!
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1. A Psalm H4210 of David H1732 . LORD H3068 , I cry H7121 unto thee : make haste H2363 unto me ; give ear H238 unto my voice H6963 , when I cry H7121 unto thee.
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2. May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
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2. Let my prayer H8605 be set forth H3559 before H6440 thee as incense H7004 ; and the lifting up H4864 of my hands H3709 as the evening H6153 sacrifice H4503 .
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3. O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!
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3. Set H7896 a watch H8108 , O LORD H3068 , before my mouth H6310 ; keep H5341 H5921 the door H1817 of my lips H8193 .
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4. Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.
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4. Incline H5186 not H408 my heart H3820 to any evil H7451 thing H1697 , to practice H5953 wicked H7562 works H5949 with H854 men H376 that work H6466 iniquity H205 : and let me not H1077 eat H3898 of their dainties H4516 .
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5. May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
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5. Let the righteous H6662 smite H1986 me; it shall be a kindness H2617 : and let him reprove H3198 me; it shall be an excellent H7218 oil H8081 , which shall not H408 break H5106 my head H7218 : for H3588 yet H5750 my prayer H8605 also shall be in their calamities H7451 .
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6. They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
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6. When their judges H8199 are overthrown H8058 in stony H5553 places H3027 , they shall hear H8085 my words H561 ; for H3588 they are sweet H5276 .
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7. As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
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7. Our bones H6106 are scattered H6340 at the grave H7585 's mouth H6310 , as when H3644 one cutteth H6398 and cleaveth H1234 wood upon the earth H776 .
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8. Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!
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8. But H3588 mine eyes H5869 are unto H413 thee , O GOD H3069 the Lord H136 : in thee is my trust H2620 ; leave not my soul destitute H6168 H408 H5315 .
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9. Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.
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9. Keep H8104 me from H4480 H3027 the snares H6341 which they have laid H3369 for me , and the gins H4170 of the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 .
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10. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.
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10. Let the wicked H7563 fall H5307 into their own nets H4364 , whilst H5704 that I H595 withal H3162 escape H5674 .
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