1  Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me;

Give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense;

And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth;

Keep the door of my lips.

4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing,

To practise wicked works with men that work iniquity:

And let me not eat of their dainties.

5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness:

And let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil,

Which shall not break my head:

For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places,

They shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth,

As when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord:

In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,

And the grins of the workers of iniquity.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

Whilst that I withal escape.