17Psalms 17

1Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.Select Psalms 17:1

2Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal.Select Psalms 17:2

3You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.Select Psalms 17:3

4Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.Select Psalms 17:4

5Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.Select Psalms 17:5

6I have called on you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear to me, and hear my speech.Select Psalms 17:6

7Show your marvelous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you from those that rise up against them.Select Psalms 17:7

8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,Select Psalms 17:8

9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.Select Psalms 17:9

10They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.Select Psalms 17:10

11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;Select Psalms 17:11

12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.Select Psalms 17:12

13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:Select Psalms 17:13

14From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.Select Psalms 17:14

15As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.Select Psalms 17:15