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