Psalms 17
King James Version
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1Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.Select Psalms 17:1
2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.Select Psalms 17:2
3Thou 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.Select Psalms 17:3
4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.Select Psalms 17:4
5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.Select Psalms 17:5
6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.Select Psalms 17:6
7Shew 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.Select Psalms 17:7
8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy 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 inclosed 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 thy sword:Select Psalms 17:13
14From 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.Select Psalms 17:14
15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.Select Psalms 17:15
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