1Yahweh, I have called on you.
Come to me quickly!
Listen to my voice when I call to you.
2Let my prayer be set before you like incense;
the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
3Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth.
Keep the door of my lips.
4Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing,
to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity.
Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
5Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;
let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head;
don’t let my head refuse it;
Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
6Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock.
They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
7“As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”
8For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord.
In you, I take refuge.
Don’t leave my soul destitute.
9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,
from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets,
while I pass by.
1Hear my prayer, Yahweh.
Listen to my petitions.
In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
2Don’t enter into judgment with your servant,
for in your sight no man living is righteous.
3For the enemy pursues my soul.
He has struck my life down to the ground.
He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me.
My heart within me is desolate.
5I remember the days of old.
I meditate on all your doings.
I contemplate the work of your hands.
6I spread out my hands to you.
My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land.
Selah.
7Hurry to answer me, Yahweh.
My spirit fails.
Don’t hide your face from me,
so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
8Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning,
for I trust in you.
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
for I lift up my soul to you.
9Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies.
I flee to you to hide me.
10Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.
11Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake.
In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
12In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies,
and destroy all those who afflict my soul,
For I am your servant.