A Psalm of David.
1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Lūgšana, lai Dievs pasargā no ļauna
1 Dāvida psalms. Kungs, es piesaucu Tevi, steidzies pie manis, uzklausi manu balsi, kad es piesaucu Tevi! 2 Mana lūgšana lai nāk Tavā priekšā kā kvēpināmais upuris, mana roku pacelšana kā vakara upuris! 3 Pasargi, ak, Kungs, manu muti un sargi manas lūpas! 4 Neļauj manai sirdij griezties uz ļaunu, ka es nedaru grēcīgus darbus kopā ar ļaundariem. No viņu saldumiem es negribu neko baudīt. 5 Lai taisnais mani sit, tā būs mīlestība, un lai viņš mani pārmāca, tā būs eļļa uz galvas, tam lai mana galva neliedzas. Tomēr es vienmēr lūdzu, lai viņi man nenodara ko ļaunu. 6 Bet viņu tiesneši un vadoņi lai top nogāzti no klints sienas, tad ļaudis klausīsies uz maniem vārdiem, un tie ļaudīm liksies mīlīgi. 7 Kā arājs uzplēš zemi un saar to vienās bedrēs, tā ir izkaisīti mūsu kauli pa kapu dziļumiem līdz pašai pazemei. 8 Bet manas acis raugās uz Tevi, Tu Kungs mans Dievs. Es paļaujos uz Tevi, neatstum manu dvēseli! 9 Pasargi mani no slazdu valga, ko viņi man izlikuši, un no ļaundaru slazdu cilpām! 10 Bezdievji lai krīt paši savos tīklos, bet es tiem paiešu garām!
