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.
1 Συνέσεως τῷ Δαυιδ ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ· προσευχή.
2 Φωνῇ μου πρὸς κύριον ἐκέκραξα,
φωνῇ μου πρὸς κύριον ἐδεήθην.
3 ἐκχεῶ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ τὴν δέησίν μου,
τὴν θλῖψίν μου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἀπαγγελῶ.
4 ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν ἐξ ἐμοῦ τὸ πνεῦμά μου
καὶ σὺ ἔγνως τὰς τρίβους μου·
ἐν ὁδῷ ταύτῃ, ᾗ ἐπορευόμην, ἔκρυψαν παγίδα μοι.
5 κατενόουν εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ καὶ ἐπέβλεπον,
ὅτι οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἐπιγινώσκων με·
ἀπώλετο φυγὴ ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ,
καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τὴν ψυχήν μου.
6 ἐκέκραξα πρὸς σέ, κύριε,
εἶπα Σὺ εἶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου,
μερίς μου ἐν γῇ ζώντων.
7 πρόσχες πρὸς τὴν δέησίν μου,
ὅτι ἐταπεινώθην σφόδρα·
ῥῦσαί με ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με,
ὅτι ἐκραταιώθησαν ὑπὲρ ἐμέ.
8 ἐξάγαγε ἐκ φυλακῆς τὴν ψυχήν μου
τοῦ ἐξομολογήσασθαι τῷ ὀνόματί σου, κύριε·
ἐμὲ ὑπομενοῦσιν δίκαιοι ἕως οὗ ἀνταποδῷς μοι.