1A psalm of David. Lord, I'm calling out to you! Please hurry up and help me! Please listen to me when I cry out to you!
2May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.
3Lord, make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't—keep a watch over my conversations.
4Don't let me think about evil things or take part in doing anything wrong with wicked people. I won't join in eating fancy food at their feasts.
5Let a good person punish me in love—let them correct me. It will be like an anointing—I won't refuse it. But I still pray against those who do evil.
6They shall be thrown down by the power of the rock that judges them, and then they will recognize what I said was true!