Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
A
Psalm
of
David.
I call
upon You,
O
LORD
; come
quickly
to
me .
Hear
my voice when I call to
You
.
Jehovah,
I have
called
upon thee
; make
haste
unto
me :
Give
ear
unto
my voice ,
when I call unto
thee
.
May
my prayer be set before
You
like
incense ,
my uplifted
hands like
the evening offering
.
Let
my prayer be set forth
as
incense before
thee;
The
lifting
up
of
my hands as
the evening sacrifice
.
Set a guard
, O LORD
, over
my mouth; keep watch
at
the door of my lips.
Set a watch
, O Jehovah
, before
my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
Do
not let
my heart be
drawn
to any evil thing or
take
part
in
works
of wickedness with men who
do
iniquity ;
let me not feast
on
their delicacies
.
Incline
not my heart to any evil thing ,
To
practise
deeds
of wickedness With men that
work
iniquity :
And
let me not eat
of
their dainties
.
Let the righteous man
strike
me; let his
rebuke
be
an
act
of
loving
devotion.
It is
oil for
my
head; let me
not refuse it .
For my prayer is
ever
against
the
deeds
of
the
wicked
.
Let the righteous smite
me ,
`it
shall
be'
a
kindness
; And
let him
reprove
me,
`
it shall
be
as'
oil upon
the
head; Let not my
head
refuse it :
For even
in
their
wickedness
shall
my prayer continue
.
When
their rulers
are thrown down from
the cliffs,
the people
will
listen
to
my words ,
for they are pleasant
.
Their judges
are thrown down by
the sides
of
the rock;
And
they
shall
hear
my words ;
for they are sweet
.
As when one plows
and breaks
up
the soil
, so
our bones have
been
scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
As when one ploweth
and cleaveth
the earth
, Our bones are
scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
But
my
eyes are fixed
on
You
, O GOD
the Lord .
In You
I seek
refuge; do
not
leave my soul defenseless
.
For
mine
eyes are unto
thee
, O Jehovah
the Lord :
In thee
do
I take
refuge; leave not
my soul destitute
.
Keep me from the snares
they have laid for me, and from the lures
of evildoers
.
Keep me from the snare
which
they have laid for me, And from the gins
of the
workers
of
iniquity
.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while
I pass
by
in safety
.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst
that
I withal
escape.
Psalm
142
Maschil
of
David,
when
he
was
in the
cave;
a
Prayer
.
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