Come Quickly to Me

(Psalm 70:1–5)

A Psalm of David.

I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me.

Hear my voice when I call to You.

2 

May my prayer be set before You like incense;

my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.

3 

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;

keep watch at the door of my lips.

4 

Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing

or take part in works of wickedness

with men who do iniquity;

let me not feast on their delicacies.

5 

Let the righteous man strike me;

let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion.

It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it

For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

6 

When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs,

the people will listen to my words,

for they are pleasant.

7 

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,

so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

8 

But my eyes are fixed on You,

O GOD the Lord.

In You I seek refuge;

do not leave my soul {defenseless}.[fn]

9 

Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,

and from the lures of evildoers

10 

Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

while I pass by in safety.