| New International Version | International Standard Version |
| 1A psalm of David. I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you. | 1LORD, I call to you, be quick to listen to me when I cry out! |
| 2May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. | 2Let my prayer be like incense offered before you, and my uplifted hands like the evening sacrifice. |
| 3Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips. | 3LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips. |
| 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. | 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 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. | 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. |
| 6Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken. | 6When their judges are thrown off the cliff, the people will hear my words, for they are appropriate. |
| 7They will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave." | 7Just as one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered near the entrance to the place of the dead. |
| 8But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign LORD; in you I take refuge--do not give me over to death. | 8Nevertheless, my eyes are on you, Lord GOD, as I seek protection in you. Don't leave me defenseless! |
| 9Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me. | 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, while I pass by in safety. | 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I come through. |
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