‏ Psalms 17

Psalm 17

In the Shadow of Your Wings

A Prayer of David.

1Hear a righteous cause, O Yahweh, give heed to my cry of lamentation;
Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
2May my
Vindication
judgment come from Your presence;
May Your eyes behold what is upright.
3You have tested my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tried me and You find
Or no evil device in me; My mouth
nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not
Lit trespass
transgress.
4As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips
I have kept from the paths of the violent.
5My steps have held fast to Your
Lit tracks
paths.
My footsteps have not stumbled.
6I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
7Marvelously show Your lovingkindnesses,
O Savior of those who take refuge
Or from those who rise up...at Your right hand
at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.
8Keep me as
Lit the pupil, the daughter of the eye
the apple of the eye;
Hide me in the shadow of Your wings
9From the wicked who devastate me,
My deadly enemies who surround me.
10They have closed their
Lit fat
unfeeling heart,
With their mouth they speak proudly.
11They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.
12He is like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
13Arise, O Yahweh, confront him, bring him low;
Protect my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
14From men with Your hand, O Yahweh,
From men
Or whose portion in life is of the world
of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their excess to their infants.
15As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness;
I will be satisfied
Or with beholding
with Your likeness when I awake.
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