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Chapter 17
Psal MKJV 17:1  A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD; listen to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, for it is not in lips of deceit.
Psal MKJV 17:2  Let my judgment go out from Your presence; let Your eyes behold uprightly.
Psal MKJV 17:3  You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and You will find nothing; my thoughts do not pass beyond my mouth.
Psal MKJV 17:4  Concerning the works of men, by the words of Your lips, I am kept from the paths of the destroyer.
Psal MKJV 17:5  My steps have been held in Your paths, so that my footsteps have not slipped.
Psal MKJV 17:6  I have called on You, for You will hear me, O God; bow down Your ear to me; hear my speech.
Psal MKJV 17:7  Set our Your wonderful loving-kindness, O Savior of those seeking refuge in You, by Your right hand, from those who rise up against me.
Psal MKJV 17:8  Keep me as the pupil, the daughter of the eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
Psal MKJV 17:9  from the face of the wicked who strip me. Those against my soul, My foes, encircle me.
Psal MKJV 17:10  They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly,
Psal MKJV 17:11  They have now hemmed in our steps. They have set their eyes to bow me to the earth,
Psal MKJV 17:12  Their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psal MKJV 17:13  Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, bow him down; deliver my soul from the wicked by Your sword,
Psal MKJV 17:14  from men by Your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.
Psal MKJV 17:15  As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with Your image.