A Prayer for Safety
[1] I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;
hear me when I call to you.
[2] May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
[3] Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
[4] Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil
so that I take part in wicked deeds
along with those who are evildoers;
do not let me eat their delicacies.
[5] Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head.
My head will not refuse it,
for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
[6] Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
[7] They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
[8] But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;
in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
[9] Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,
from the snares they have laid for me.
[10] Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.
-----------------------------------------
Keep the Faith. Best regards,
Bro. Rontabs