1Yahweh, I am crying out to you; come quickly to me.
Listen to me when I call to you.

2May my prayer be like incense before you;
may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice.

3Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth;
guard the door of my lips.

4Do not let my heart desire any evil thing
or participate in sinful activities
with men who behave wickedly.
May I not eat any of their delicacies.

5Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me.
Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head;
may my head not refuse to accept it.
But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds.

6Their leaders will be thrown down from the top of cliffs;
they will hear that my own words are pleasant.

7They will have to say, “As when one plows and breaks up the ground,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”

8Surely my eyes are on you, Yahweh, Lord;
in you I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

9Protect me from the snares that they have laid for me,
from the traps of evildoers.

10Let the wicked fall into their own nets
while I escape.