A Psalm
of David.
LORD,
I cry
unto thee: make haste
unto me; give ear
unto my voice,
when I cry
unto thee.
Let my prayer
be set forth
before
thee as incense;
and the lifting up
of my hands
as the evening
sacrifice.
Set
a watch,
O LORD,
before my mouth;
keep
the door
of my lips.
Incline
not my heart
to any evil
thing,
to practise
wicked
works
with men
that work
iniquity:
and let me not eat
of their dainties.
set up as a pretext
προφασίζεσθαι
prophasizesthai
join two and two
συνδυάσω
syndyasō
Let 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.
oil
λιπανάτω
lipanatō
When their judges
are overthrown
in stony
places,
they shall hear
my words;
for they are sweet.
Our bones
are scattered
at the grave's
mouth,
as when one cutteth
and cleaveth
wood upon the earth.
But mine eyes
are unto thee, O GOD
the Lord:
in thee is my trust;
leave
not my soul
destitute.
Keep
me from the snares
which they have laid
for me, and the gins
of the workers
of iniquity.
Let the wicked
fall
into their own nets,
whilst that I withal
escape.
