Psalms 17

¹Hear the righteous cause, O LORD! Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit!

²May my sentence come forth from thy presence; May thine eyes behold uprightness!

³Provest thou my heart, visitest thou me in the night, Triest thou me like gold, thou shalt find nothing!

⁴My thoughts do not vary from my lips. As to the deeds of men, Through the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

⁵Support my steps in thy paths, That my feet may not slip!

⁶I call upon thee, O God! for thou wilt hear me; Incline thine ear to me, and listen to my prayer!

⁷Show forth thy loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand Them that seek refuge in thee from their adversaries!

⁸Guard me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings

⁹From the wicked who assault me, From my deadly enemies who compass me about!

¹⁰They shut up their hard heart; With their mouth they speak haughtily.

¹¹They encompass us in all our steps; They fix their eyes upon us, that they may cast us on the ground.

¹²They are like a lion, eager for his prey; Like a young lion, lurking in secret places.

¹³Arise, O LORD! disappoint them, cast them down! Deliver me from the wicked by thy sword,

¹⁴From men, by thy hand, O LORD! from men of the world, Whose portion is in life; whom thou loadest with thy treasure; Whose children have enough, and leave their superfluity to their children.

¹⁵But I through righteousness shall see thy face; I shall be satisfied with the revival of thy countenance.

Psalms 17

¹Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

²Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

³Thou 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.

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

⁵Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

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

⁷Shew 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.

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

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

¹⁰They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

¹¹They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

¹²Like 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, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

¹⁴From 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.

¹⁵As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.