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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 (17:1) Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal (17:2) 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 (17:3) Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer (17:4) Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not (17:5) I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech (17:6) 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 (17:7) Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings (17:8) From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about (17:9) They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly (17:10) They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth (17:11) Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places (17:12) Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword (17:13) 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 (17:14) As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness
(17:15)
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