AB - Psalms - 17

17:1  Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips.

17:2  Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; let my eyes behold righteousness.

17:3  You has tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me; I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.

17:4  As for the works of men, by the words of Your lips I have guarded myself from hard ways.

17:5  Direct my steps in Your paths, that my steps slip not.

17:6  I have cried, for You heard me, O God: incline Your ear to me, and listen to my words.

17:7  Show the marvels of Your mercies, You that save them that trust in You.

17:8  Keep me as the apple of Your eye from those that resist Your right hand; You shall screen me by the covering of Your wings,

17:9  from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me; my enemies have compassed about my soul.

17:10  They have enclosed themselves with their own fat; their mouths have spoken pride.

17:11  They have now cast me out and compassed me round about. They have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.

17:12  They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp dwelling in secret places.

17:13  Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down; deliver my soul from the ungodly; draw Your sword,

17:14  because of the enemies of Your hand. O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with Your hidden treasures; they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

17:15  But I shall appear in righteousness before Your face: I shall be satisfied when Your glory appears.