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Chapter 17
Psal GodsWord 17:1  Hear my plea for justice, O LORD. Pay attention to my cry. Open your ears to my prayer, which comes from lips free from deceit.
Psal GodsWord 17:2  Let the verdict of my innocence come directly from you. Let your eyes observe what is fair.
Psal GodsWord 17:3  You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
Psal GodsWord 17:4  I have avoided cruelty because of your word. In spite of what others have done,
Psal GodsWord 17:5  my steps have remained firmly in your paths. My feet have not slipped.
Psal GodsWord 17:6  I have called on you because you answer me, O God. Turn your ear toward me. Hear what I have to say.
Psal GodsWord 17:7  Reveal your miraculous deeds of mercy, O Savior of those who find refuge by your side from those who attack them.
Psal GodsWord 17:8  Guard me as if I were the pupil in your eye. Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
Psal GodsWord 17:9  Hide me from wicked people who violently attack me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.
Psal GodsWord 17:10  They have shut out all feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.
Psal GodsWord 17:11  They have tracked me down. They have surrounded me. They have focused their attention on throwing me to the ground.
Psal GodsWord 17:12  Each one of them is like a lion eager to tear its prey apart and like a young lion crouching in hiding places.
Psal GodsWord 17:13  Arise, O LORD; confront them! Bring them to their knees! With your sword rescue my life from wicked people.
Psal GodsWord 17:14  With your power rescue me from mortals, O LORD, from mortals who enjoy their inheritance only in this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied with it, and they leave what remains to their children.
Psal GodsWord 17:15  I will see your face when I am declared innocent. When I wake up, I will be satisfied with seeing you.