| Berean Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. | 1O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry! Listen when I cry to you for help! |
| 2May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering. | 2Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering. |
| 3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. | 3Take control of what I say, O LORD, and guard 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. | 4Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong. |
| 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 the godly strike me! It will be a kindness! If they correct me, it is soothing medicine. Don’t let me refuse it. But I pray constantly against the wicked and their deeds. |
| 6When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant. | 6When their leaders are thrown down from a cliff, the wicked will listen to my words and find them true. |
| 7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. | 7Like rocks brought up by a plow, the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial. |
| 8But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless. | 8I look to you for help, O Sovereign LORD. You are my refuge; don’t let them kill me. |
| 9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers. | 9Keep me from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those who do wrong. |
| 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety. | 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, but let me escape. |
| This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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