Psa 17 | RWebs | STEP | A Prayer of David . Hear the right , O LORD , attend to my cry , give ear to my prayer , that goeth not out of deceitful lips .

Psalms 17

A Prayer of David.

Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goeth not out of deceitful lips. ^{▼▼the right: Heb. justice
,} ^{▼▼not...: Heb. without lips of deceit} 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Uphold my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. ^{▼▼slip...: Heb. be not moved} 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, and hear my speech. 7 Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them who put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them . ^{▼▼by thy...: or, them which trust in thee from those that rise up against thy right hand}

8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who surround me. ^{▼▼oppress: Heb. waste
,} ^{▼▼my...: Heb. my enemies against the soul} 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now surrounded us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. ^{▼▼Like...: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin
,} ^{▼▼lurking: Heb. sitting} 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, who is thy sword: ^{▼▼disappoint...: Heb. prevent his face
,} ^{▼▼which is: or, by} 14 From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who 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. ^{▼▼which are: or, by
,} ^{▼▼they...: or, their children are full} 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.