Psalm 17

Psalm 17

A ^*Prayer of David.

¹Hear ^†the right, O Lord, ^aattend unto my cry,

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

²Let my sentence come forth ^aafrom thy presence;

Let thine eyes behold ^bthe things that are equal.

³Thou hast ^cproved mine heart; thou hast ^dvisited me ^ein the night;

Thou hast ^ftried me, and shalt find nothing;

I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

⁴Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips

I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

^5gHold up my goings in thy ^hpaths,

That my footsteps ^†slip not.

⁶ⁱI have called upon thee, ^jfor thou wilt hear me, O God:

ⁱIncline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

^7kShew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou ^||that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee

^lFrom those that rise up against them.

⁸Keep me ^mas the apple of the eye,

Hide me ⁿunder the shadow of thy wings,

⁹From the wicked ^†that oppress me,

From ^†my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

¹⁰They are inclosed in ^otheir own fat:

With their mouth they ^pspeak proudly.

¹¹They have now compassed us in ^ppour steps:

^qThey have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

^12†Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey,

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

¹³Arise, O Lord, ^†disappoint him, ^qqcast him down:

Deliver my soul from the wicked, ^r||which is thy sword:

^14||From men which are thy hand, O Lord,

From men of ^sthe world, ^twhich have their portion in this life,

And whose belly thou fillest with thy ^uhid treasure:

^||They are full of children,

And leave ^xthe rest of their substance to their babes.

¹⁵As for me, ^yI will behold thy face in righteousness:

I shall be ^zsatisfied, ^awhen I awake, with thy ^blikeness.