Psalms 17

ASV(i) 1 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. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;
Let thine eyes look upon equity. 3 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. 4 As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips
I have kept me from the ways of the violent. 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths,
My feet have not slipped. 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:
Incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech. 7 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]. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye;
Hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me,
My deadly enemies, that compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat:
With their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth. 12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,
And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O Jehovah,
Confront him, cast him down:
Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword; 14 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. 15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness;
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.