PS-17:1 A prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto

my cry, give

ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.

PS-17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine

eyes behold

the things that are equal.

PS-17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in

the night; thou

hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my

mouth shall

not transgress.

PS-17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I

have kept [me

from] the paths of the destroyer.

PS-17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip

not.

PS-17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:

incline thine

ear unto me, [and hear] my speech.

PS-17:7 Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest

by thy right

hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise

up [against

them].

PS-17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the

shadow of thy

wings,

PS-17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly

enemies, [who]

compass me about.

PS-17:10 They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth

they speak

proudly.

PS-17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set

their eyes

bowing down to the earth;

PS-17:12 Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it

were a young

lion lurking in secret places.

PS-17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver

my soul from

the wicked, [which is] thy sword:

PS-17:14 From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the

world, [which

have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest

with thy hid

[treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of

their [substance]

to their babes.

PS-17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I

shall be

satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

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