Come Quickly Unto Me

1 O LORD, to you I call; come quickly unto me. Give ear unto my anxious voice and hear me when I plead. 2 Like incense may my prayer before your face arise; the raising of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. 3 Keep watch, LORD, on my mouth and guard my lips, I pray; 4 let not my heart to evil thoughts be drawn and led astray. 5 A righteous friend’s rebuke will be a soothing balm; such blows, in kindness aimed at me, will never do me harm. Against the wicked’s deeds I make my constant prayer; 6 their rulers will be thrown from cliffs, and they will perish there. The wicked then will know my words were spoken well. 7 Like ground that’s plowed, their bones are strewn before the mouth of hell. 8 But now, O Sovereign LORD, on you I fix my gaze; do not deliver me to death— you are my help always Protect me from the traps the wicked set for me, 10 and let them be ensnared themselves, while I instead go free. – Sing Psalms, alt.