Psalms Chapter 17

17 : 1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.

17 : 2 Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal.

17 : 3 You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

17 : 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

17 : 5 Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.

17 : 6 I have called on you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear to me, and hear my speech.

17 : 7 Show your marvelous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you from those that rise up against them.

17 : 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,

17 : 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

17 : 10 They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

17 : 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

17 : 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

17 : 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:

17 : 14 From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

17 : 15 As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.