| Chapter 17 |
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A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. --
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Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal. --
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Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. --
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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. --
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Uphold my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. --
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I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, and hear my speech. --
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Show thy wonderful loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them who put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. --
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Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shade of thy wings. --
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From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who encompass me, --
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They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. --
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They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; --
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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. --
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Arise, O LORD disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, who is thy sword: --
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From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who 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 shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. --
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