1 Jehovah, I cry out unto You: Make haste to me, give ear to my voice when I cry out unto You!
2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Let not my heart be inclined to evil speech, to practice wicked deeds with men who do iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; it shall be as choicest oil; let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the evil.
6 Their judges have been overthrown by the hand of our Rock; they have heard my words, for they have been sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, as when one cuts and splits wood on the earth.
8 But my eyes are upon You, O Lord Jehovah; in You I have taken refuge; do not leave my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass on in one piece.