The Psalms

Psalm 17

A Prayer of David.

 ^17:1Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry;

 Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

 ^17:2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;

 Let thine eyes look upon equity.

 ^17:3Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;

 Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing;

 I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

 ^17:4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips

 I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

 ^17:5My steps have held fast to thy paths,

 My feet have not slipped.

 ^17:6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:

 Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

 ^17:7Show thy marvellous lovingkindness,

 O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge in thee

 From those that rise up against them.

 ^17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye;

 Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

 ^17:9From the wicked that oppress me,

 My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

 ^17:10They are inclosed in their own fat:

 With their mouth they speak proudly.

 ^17:11They have now compassed us in our steps;

 They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

 ^17:12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,

 And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

 ^17:13Arise, O Jehovah,

 Confront him, cast him down:

 Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

 ^17:14From men by thy hand, O Jehovah,

 From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,

 And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure:

 They are satisfied with children,

 And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

 ^17:15As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness;

 I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.