Psalms, Chapter 17

1. "A Prayer of David." Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that does not go out of deceitful lips.    2. Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal.    3. You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth shall not transgress.    4. Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.    5. Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps do not slip.    6. I have called upon you, for you will hear me, O God: turn your ear to me, and hear my speech.    7. Show your marvelous loving kindness, O you who save by your right hand those who put their trust in you from those that rise up against them.    8. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,    9. From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who surround me.    10. They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.    11. They have now circled around us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;    12. Like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.    13. Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, throw him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:    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 wealth to their babes.    15. As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.