Give Ear to My Voice
A Psalm of David.
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O LORD, I call upon you; 1hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
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Let 2my prayer be counted as incense before you, and 3the lifting up of my hands as 4the evening sacrifice!
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7Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who 8work iniquity, and 9let me not eat of their delicacies!
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10Let a righteous man strike me--it is a kindness; let him rebuke me--it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet 11my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
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When their judges are 12thrown over the cliff,a then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
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As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so shall our bones 13be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.b
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Keep me from 16the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!
10
Let the wicked 17fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)