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let my prayer rise before you as incense (synaxis)

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Let my prayer rise before you as incense,
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

O Lord, I call to you; come to me quickly;
hear my voice when I cry to you.
Set a watch before my mouth, O Lord,
and guard the door of my lips;

Let my prayer rise before you as incense,
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Let not my heart incline to any evil thing;
let me not be occupied in wickedness with evildoers.
But my eyes are turned to you, Lord God;
in you I take refuge; do not leave me defenceless.

Let my prayer rise before you as incense,
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Protect me from the snare which they have laid for me
and from the traps of the evildoers.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.

Let my prayer rise before you as incense,
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

written for the Synaxis at St Matthew's Westminster, 23rd March 2011