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31 lines
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# Chapter 141
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1 Lord, I call on you; hurry to help me.
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Listen to my voice when I call on you.
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2 May my prayer be set before you as incense,
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the raising of my hands as the evening offering.
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3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
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keep watch at the door of my lips.
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4 Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing
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or perform wicked acts with evildoers.
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Do not let me feast on their delicacies.
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5 Let the righteous one strike me—
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it is an act of faithful love;
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let him rebuke me—
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it is oil for my head;
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let me not refuse it.
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Even now my prayer is against
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the evil acts of the wicked.
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6 When their rulers will be thrown off
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the sides of a cliff,
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the people will listen to my words,
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for they are pleasing.
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7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
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turning up rocks,
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so our bones have been scattered
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at the mouth of Sheol.
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8 But my eyes look to you, Lord, my Lord.
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I seek refuge in you; do not let me die.
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9 Protect me from the trap they have set for me,
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and from the snares of evildoers.
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10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
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while I pass by safely. |