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