Prayer for Safekeeping from Wickedness
A Psalm of David.
1 Lord, I cry out to You;
Make haste to me!
Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
2 Let my prayer be set before Youasincense,
# The lifting up of my handsasthe evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, OLord, over mymouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
# And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous strike me;
Itshallbea kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
Itshallbeas excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.
For still my prayerisagainst the deeds of the wicked.
6 Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
8 Butmy eyesareupon You, O Godthe Lord;
In You I take refuge;
Do not leave my soul destitute.
9 Keep me fromthe snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.