| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. | 1LORD, I call to you, be quick to listen to me when I cry out! |
| 2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. | 2Let my prayer be like incense offered before you, and my uplifted hands like the evening sacrifice. |
| 3Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. | 3LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips. |
| 4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. | 4Don't let my heart turn toward evil or involve itself in wicked activities with men who practice iniquity. Let me not feast on their delicacies. |
| 5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. | 5Let one who is righteous strike me; It is an act of gracious love. Let him rebuke me, because it is oil for my head; do not let my head refuse it. My prayers continuously will be against their wicked activities. |
| 6When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. | 6When their judges are thrown off the cliff, the people will hear my words, for they are appropriate. |
| 7Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. | 7Just as one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered near the entrance to the place of the dead. |
| 8But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. | 8Nevertheless, my eyes are on you, Lord GOD, as I seek protection in you. Don't leave me defenseless! |
| 9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. | 9Protect me from the trap laid for me and from the snares of those who practice evil. |
| 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. | 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I come through. |
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