• 1. A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear `to' my voice when I call to Thee.
  • 2. My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present.
  • 3. Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.
  • 4. Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
  • 5. The righteous doth beat me `in' kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer `is' about their vexations.
  • 6. Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
  • 7. As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.
  • 8. But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, `are' mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.
  • 9. Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
  • 10. The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!