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An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.
A Psalm of David.
1 O Loʀᴅ, I call upon You; APs 22:19; 38:22; 70:5hasten to me!
BPs 5:1; 143:1Give ear to my voice when I call to You!
The B1 Tim 2:8lifting up of my hands as the CEx 29:39, 41; 1 Kin 18:29, 36; Dan 9:21evening offering.
Keep watch over the BMic 7:5door of my lips.
4 APs 119:36Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds 1Lit inof wickedness
With men who BIs 32:6; Hos 6:8; Mal 3:15do iniquity;
And CProv 23:6do not let me eat of their delicacies.
5 Let the AProv 9:8; 19:25; 25:12; 27:6; Eccl 7:5; Gal 6:1righteous smite me 1Or lovinglyin kindness and reprove me;
It is BPs 23:5; 133:2oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
2Lit And my prayerFor still my prayer CPs 35:14is 3Or in spite of their calamitiesagainst their wicked deeds.
6 Their judges are A2 Chr 25:12thrown down by the sides of the rock,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one APs 129:3plows and breaks open the earth,
Our BPs 53:5bones have been scattered at the CNum 16:32, 33; Ps 88:3-5mouth of 1I.e. the nether worldSheol.
9 Keep me from the 1Lit hands of the trapAPs 38:12; 64:5; 91:3; 119:110jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the BPs 140:5snares of those who do iniquity.
10 Let the wicked APs 7:15; 35:8; 57:6fall into their own nets,
While I pass by 1Lit altogetherBPs 124:7safely.
1141:2 Lit fixed
A141:2 Ex 30:8; Luke 1:10; Rev 5:8; 8:3, 4
C141:2 Ex 29:39, 41; 1 Kin 18:29, 36; Dan 9:21
A141:3 Ps 34:13; 39:1; Prov 13:3; 21:23
1141:3 Lit to
1141:4 Lit in
B141:4 Is 32:6; Hos 6:8; Mal 3:15
A141:5 Prov 9:8; 19:25; 25:12; 27:6; Eccl 7:5; Gal 6:1
1141:5 Or lovingly
2141:5 Lit And my prayer
3141:5 Or in spite of their calamities
C141:7 Num 16:32, 33; Ps 88:3-5
1141:7 I.e. the nether world
1141:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Loʀᴅ
2141:8 Lit pour out my soul
1141:9 Lit hands of the trap
A141:9 Ps 38:12; 64:5; 91:3; 119:110
1141:10 Lit altogether