Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto
my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of
feigned lips.
17:2
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine
eyes behold the things that are equal.
17:3
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.
17:4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have
kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.
17:5
Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip
not.
17:6
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:
incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech.
17:7
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].
17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow
of thy wings,
17:9
From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies,
[who] compass me about.
17:10
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they
speak proudly.
17:11
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set
their eyes bowing down to the earth;
17:12
Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it
were a young lion lurking in secret places.
17:13
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my
soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
17:14
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.
17:15
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I
shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.