1I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me;

give ear to my voice when I call to you.*

2Let my prayer be counted as incense before you

and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.*

3Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;

keep watch over the door of my lips.

4Do not turn my heart to any evil,

to busy myself with wicked deeds

in company with those who work iniquity;

do not let me eat of their delicacies.*

5Let the righteous strike me;

let the faithful correct me.

Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head,l

for my prayer is continuallym against their wicked deeds.*

6When they are given over to those who shall condemn them,

then they shall learn that my words were pleasant.

7Like a rock that one breaks apart and shatters on the land,

so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.n^,*

8But my eyes are turned toward you, O God, my Lord;

in you I seek refuge; do not leave me defenseless.*

9Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me

and from the snares of evildoers.*

10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

while I alone escape.*