| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. | 1A psalm of David. I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you. |
| 2May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering. | 2May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. |
| 3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. | 3Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips. |
| 4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies. | 4Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies. |
| 5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked. | 5Let a righteous man strike me--that is a kindness; let him rebuke me--that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers. |
| 6When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant. | 6Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken. |
| 7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. | 7They will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave." |
| 8But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless. | 8But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign LORD; in you I take refuge--do not give me over to death. |
| 9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers. | 9Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me. |
| 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety. | 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety. |
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