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Psalm 17 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Prayer for Protection against Oppressors.

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A Prayer of David.

Hear the right, O Jehovah, 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;

Let thine eyes look upon equity.

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Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;

Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing;

I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips

I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

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My steps have held fast to thy paths,

My feet have not slipped.

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I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:

Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

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Show thy marvellous lovingkindness,

O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge in thee

From those that rise up against them.

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Keep me as the apple of the eye;

Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

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From the wicked that oppress me,

My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

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They are inclosed in their own fat:

With their mouth they speak proudly.

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They have now compassed us in our steps;

They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

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He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,

And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

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Arise, O Jehovah,

Confront him, cast him down:

Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

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From men by thy hand, O Jehovah,

From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,

And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure:

They are satisfied with children,

And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness;

I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.

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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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