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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].

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   1   O Lord, I call to thee, come quickly to my aid;
    listen to my cry when I call to thee.
   2   Let my prayer be like incense duly set before thee
    and my raised hands like the evening sacrifice.
   3   Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
    keep watch at the door of my lips.
   4   Turn not my heart to sinful thoughts
    nor to any pursuit of evil courses.
  The evildoers appal me; ^note
    not for me the delights of their table.
   5   I would rather be buffeted by the righteous
    and reproved by good men.
My head shall not be anointed with the oil of wicked men,
  for that would make me a party to their crimes.
   6   They shall founder on the rock of justice
    and shall learn how acceptable my words are.
7   Their bones shall be scattered at the mouth of Sheol,
  like splinters of wood or stone on the ground.
   8   But my eyes are fixed on thee, O Lord God;
  thou art my refuge; leave me not unprotected.
9   Keep me from the trap which they have set for me,
    from the snares of evildoers.
   10   Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
  whilst I pass in safety, all alone.

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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].