Psalm 17
15 verses · King James Version
1Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, 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 in the night; thou hast tried me, shalt find nothing; I am purposed my mouth shall not transgress.4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept the paths of the destroyer.5Hold up my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, my speech.7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust from those that rise up8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,9From the wicked that oppress me, my deadly enemies, 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 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, thy sword:14From men thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, their portion in life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid they are full of children, and leave the rest of their to their babes.15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.