Psalm 17

¹Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

²Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes look upon equity.

³Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

⁴As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

⁵My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped.

⁶I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, andhear my speech.

⁷Shew thy marvelous lovingkindness, O thou that savest them which put their trust in theefrom those that rise up against them, by thy right hand.

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

⁹From the wicked that spoil me, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.

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

¹¹They have now compassed us in our steps: they set their eyes to cast usdown to the earth.

¹²He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

¹³Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

¹⁴From men, by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in thislife, and whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: they are satisfied with children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

¹⁵As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.