[1] I call out to you, LORD. Come quickly to help me. Listen to me when I call out to you. [2] May my prayer come to you like the sweet smell of incense. When I lift up my hands in prayer, may it be like the evening sacrifice. [3] LORD, guard my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips. [4] Don’t let my heart be drawn to what is evil. Don’t let me join with people who do evil. Don’t let me eat their fancy food. [5] If a godly person hit me, it would be an act of kindness. If they would correct me, it would be like pouring olive oil on my head. I wouldn’t say no to it. I will always pray against the things that sinful people do. [6] When their rulers are thrown down from the rocky cliffs, those evil people will realize that my words were true. [7] They will say, “As clumps of dirt are left from plowing up the ground, so our bones will be scattered near an open grave.” [8] But LORD and King, I keep looking to you for help. I go to you for safety. Don’t let me die. [9] Keep me from the traps of those who do evil. Save me from the traps they have set for me. [10] Let evil people fall into their own nets. But let me go safely on my way.
