Give Ear to My Voice
A Psalm of David.
O Lord, I call upon you; ahasten to me!
Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
2 Let amy prayer be counted as incense before you,
and bthe lifting up of my hands as cthe evening sacrifice!
3 aSet a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
bkeep watch over the door of my lips!
4 aDo not let my heart incline to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men who bwork iniquity,
and clet me not eat of their delicacies!
5 aLet a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet bmy prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
6 When their judges are athrown over the cliff,
then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
so shall our bones abe scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 But amy eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord;
bin you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
9 Keep me from athe trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers!
10 Let the wicked afall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.