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...[incline not] my heart to words of evil, to invent excuses for sins with men who work iniquity; and I shall not be a partaker of their chosen [delights]. Let the righteous [man] instruct me in mercy and reprove me; let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head, but my prayer [shall be] in his will. Their judges were swallowed up near the rock; they shall hear my words, and they shall be sweet. As the thickness of the earth is scattered upon the land, their bones were dispersed near Hades. Unto you, Lord, Lord, are my eyes; in you have I hoped, do not take [my] soul from me. Keep me from the snare that was hidden for me, from the stumbling-block of the workers of iniquity. Sinners shall fall into his net; I am alone until I shall pass by. With my voice I cried unto the Lord, with my voice I made supplication to the Lord. I will pour out my prayer before the Lord, and I will declare my afflictions before him. When my spirit failed within me, you, Lord, knew my paths; in the way wherein I walked, a snare was hidden for me. I looked to the right and beheld, and there was no one who kn[ew me]...