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LORD , I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice , when I cry unto thee.
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Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense ; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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Set a watch, O LORD , before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips .
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Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity : and let me not eat of their dainties.
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Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness : and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil , which shall not break my head : for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
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When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words ; for they are sweet.
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Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth , as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth .
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But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord : in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
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Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity .
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.