1 A psalm of David.

O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me.

Pay attention to me when I cry out to you.

2 May you accept my prayer like incense,

my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

3 O Lord, place a guard on my mouth.

Protect the opening of my lips.

4 Do not let me have evil desires

or participate in sinful activities

with men who behave wickedly.

I will not eat their delicacies.

5 May 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.

6 They will be thrown over the side of a cliff by their judges.

They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil,

so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

8 Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign Lord.

In you I take shelter.

Do not expose me to danger.

9 Protect me from the snare they have laid for me

and the traps the evildoers have set.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

while I escape.