| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. | 1O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry! Listen when I cry to you for help! |
| 2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. | 2Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering. |
| 3Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. | 3Take control of what I say, O LORD, and guard my lips. |
| 4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. | 4Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong. |
| 5Let 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. | 5Let the godly strike me! It will be a kindness! If they correct me, it is soothing medicine. Don’t let me refuse it. But I pray constantly against the wicked and their deeds. |
| 6When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. | 6When their leaders are thrown down from a cliff, the wicked will listen to my words and find them true. |
| 7Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. | 7Like rocks brought up by a plow, the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial. |
| 8But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. | 8I look to you for help, O Sovereign LORD. You are my refuge; don’t let them kill me. |
| 9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. | 9Keep me from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those who do wrong. |
| 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. | 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, but let me escape. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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