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[1] LORD, I cry to thee; make haste to answer me; give ear to my words and accept them.
[2] Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, and the gift of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
[3] Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips,
[4] So that my heart may not incline to evil things, and practise wicked works with men who work iniquity; let me not eat salt with them.
[5] Let the righteous teach me and reprove me; let the oil of the wicked not anoint my head since my prayer has been against their evils.
[6] When their judges are stopped by a strong hand, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
[7] Like the ploughshare that scatters the earth, let their bones be scattered at the mouth of the grave.
[8] I have lifted up mine eyes to thee, O LORD; I have trusted in thee; do not reject my soul.
[9] Keep me from the hand of the proud, for they have set traps for me.
[10] Let the wicked together fall into their own nets, whilst I shall pass over.
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