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Psalm 17

Psa 17:1	¶	[[A Prayer of David.]] Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.
Psa 17:2		Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Psa 17:3		Thou 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.
Psa 17:4		Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.
Psa 17:5		Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.
Psa 17:6		I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech.
Psa 17:7		Shew 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].
Psa 17:8		Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Psa 17:9		From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.
Psa 17:10		They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Psa 17:11		They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Psa 17:12		Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psa 17:13		Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
Psa 17:14		From 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.
Psa 17:15		As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

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