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 Surely, the righteous will give thanks to your Name, * and the upright shall continue in your sight.

O, I call to you; come to me quickly; * hear my voice when I cry to you.

Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, * the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Set a watch before my mouth, O , and guard the door of my lips; * let not my heart incline to any evil thing.

Let me not be occupied in wickedness with evildoers, * nor eat of their choice foods.

Let the righteous smite me in friendly rebuke; let not the oil of the unrighteous anoint my head; * for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

Let their rulers be overthrown in stony places, * that they may know my words are true.

As when a plowman turns over the earth in furrows, * let their bones be scattered at the mouth of the grave.

But my eyes are turned to you, Lord ; * in you I take refuge; do not strip me of my life.

Protect me from the snare which they have laid for me * and from the traps of the evildoers.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, * while I myself escape.