1A psalm of David. O Lord, I call thee, hasten unto me: give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee. 2May my prayer be valued as incense before thee, the lifting up of my hands, as the evening offering. 3Set, O Lord, a watch unto my mouth: keep a guard at the door of my lips. 4Permit not my heart to incline after any evil thing, to practise deeds in wickedness with men that are doers of wrong: and let me not eat of their dainties. 5If the righteous strike me, it is a kindness; and if he reprove me, it is as oil poured on the head, my head shall not refuse it; for yet my prayer also is offered in their sufferings. 6Are their judges fallen down through means of a rock: then will they listen to my words; for they are pleasant. 7As when one cutteth in and splitteth open the earth: so are our bones scattered for the mouth of the grave. 8For unto thee, O Eternal Lord, are my eyes directed; in thee do I trust: pour not out my life. 9Guard me from the power of the snare which they have laid for me, and the traps of the wrong–doers. 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, altogether––while I pass safely by.