Psalm 17
A Prayer for
Protection against Oppressors |
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Hear the right, O LORD,
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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;
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let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
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Thou hast proved mine heart;
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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
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I have kept me from the paths of the
destroyer. |
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Hold up my goings in thy paths,
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that my footsteps slip not.
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I have called upon thee, for thou wilt
hear me, O God:
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incline thine ear unto me, and hear my
speech. |
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Show thy marvelous loving-kindness,
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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;
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hide me under the shadow of thy
wings, |
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from the wicked that oppress me,
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from my deadly enemies, who compass me
about.
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They are inclosed in their own fat:
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with their mouth they speak
proudly. |
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They have now compassed us in our
steps:
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they have set their eyes bowing down to the
earth; |
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like as a lion that is greedy of
his prey,
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and as it were a young lion lurking in secret
places.
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Arise, O LORD,
disappoint him, cast him down:
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deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy
sword: |
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from men which are thy hand, O
LORD,
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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:
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I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy
likeness. |
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