| NET Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you! | 1A Davidic psalm. LORD, I call on You; hurry to help me. Listen to my voice when I call on You. |
| 2May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering! | 2May my prayer be set before You as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering. |
| 3O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips! | 3 LORD, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. |
| 4Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies. | 4Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing or perform wicked acts with men who commit sin. Do not let me feast on their delicacies. |
| 5May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds. | 5Let the righteous one strike me-- it is an act of faithful love; let him rebuke me-- it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked. |
| 6They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant. | 6When their rulers will be thrown off the sides of a cliff, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasing. |
| 7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. | 7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, turning up rocks, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. |
| 8Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger! | 8But my eyes look to You, Lord GOD. I seek refuge in You; do not let me die. |
| 9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set. | 9Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers. |
| 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape. | 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely. |
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