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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 141, Verse 2

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A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
King James Version
Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
American Standard Version
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
New English Translation
May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
World English Bible
Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like 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.
7
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.
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Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
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I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.