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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 17
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Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my
prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
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Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes
behold the things that are equal.
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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.
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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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Hold up 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
thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
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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.
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Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy
wings,
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From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who
compass me about.
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10 |
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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12 |
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, which is thy sword:
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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.
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As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be
satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
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