Psalms

17 0 A ^aPrayer of David.

1 HEAR ^bthe ¹right, O LORD, ^cattend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, ²that goeth not out of feigned lips.

2 Let ^dmy sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold ^ethe things that are equal.

3 Thou ^fhast ^*proved mine heart; thou hast ^gvisited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; ^hI am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

4 Concerning the works of men, ⁱby the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

5 ^jHold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps ³slip not.

6 ^kI have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

7 Shew thy ^lmarvellous lovingkindness, O thou ⁴that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

8 ^mKeep me as the ^*apple of the eye, hide me under ⁿthe shadow of thy wings,

9 From the wicked ⁵that oppress me, from ⁶my deadly enemies, who ^*compass me about.

10 They ^oare ^*inclosed in their own fat: ^pwith their mouth they speak proudly.

11 They ^qhave now ^*compassed us in our steps: they have ^rset their eyes bowing down to the earth;

12 ⁷Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion ⁸lurking in secret places.

13 ^sArise, O LORD, ⁹disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, ^twhich is ¹⁰thy sword:

14 ¹¹From men which are thy ^uhand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have ^vtheir portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: ¹²they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

15 As for me, ^wI will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be ^xsatisfied, ^ywhen I awake, with thy ^zlikeness.