Psalm 17

A *Prayer of David.

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

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

2  Let my sentence come forth aafrom thy presence;

Let thine eyes behold bthe things that are equal.

3  Thou 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.

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

I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

5  gHold up my goings in thy hpaths,

That my footsteps †slip not.

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

iIncline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

7  kShew 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.

8  Keep me mas the apple of the eye,

Hide me nunder the shadow of thy wings,

9  From the wicked †that oppress me,

From †my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

10  They are inclosed in otheir own fat:

With their mouth they pspeak proudly.

11  They 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.

13  Arise, 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.

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

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