Psalms 17
17
A Prayer of David.
1Hear a just cause, O Lord,
attend to my cry;
give ear to my prayer
that is not spoken from deceitful lips.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 May my sentence go out from Your presence;
may Your eyes see rightly.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 You have examined my heart; You have visited me in the night;
You have tried me and found nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 Concerning the works of men,
by the word of Your lips
I have avoided
the paths of the violent,
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 placing my steps in Your paths,
that my footsteps do not slip.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 I called on You, for You will answer me, OGod;
incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 Show marvelously Your lovingkindness,
O Deliverer of those who seek refuge
by Your right hand from those who arise in opposition.
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 Keep me as the apple of Your eye;
hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 from the wicked who bring ruin to me,
from my deadly enemies who surround me.
10#Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 They close their hard hearts;
with their mouth they speak proudly.
11#Ps 42:5; 43:5 They have now encircled us in our steps;
they have set their eyes to bend down to the earth;
12it is like a lion that is anxious to rip its prey,
and as a young lion lurking in secrecy.
13Arise, O Lord! Confront him, cast him down!
Deliver my soul from the wicked by Your sword,
14from men by Your hand, O Lord,
from men of the world whose portion is in this life.
You fill their belly with Your treasure;
they are satisfied with children,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.
15As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness;
I will be satisfied when I awake with Your likeness.
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