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Chapter 17
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Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear
unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. |
2
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Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine
eyes behold the things that are equal. |
3
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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
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Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips
I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. |
5
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Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip
not. |
6
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I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:
incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. |
7
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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
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Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the
shadow of thy wings, |
9
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From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies,
who compass me about. |
10
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They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth
they speak proudly. |
11
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They have now compassed us in our steps: they have
set their eyes bowing down to the earth; |
12
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Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it
were a young lion lurking in secret places. |
13
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Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver
my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: |
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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. |
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As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. |
