Hear my voice
when I call to you.
May my prayer be
set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of
my hands be like
the evening sacrifice.
Set a guard over my mouth,
O LORD; keep watch
over the door of my lips.
Cfr. Holy Bible. Psalm 141 1
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