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Chapter 17
Psal LEB 17:1  O Yahweh, hear a just cause. Hear my cry; heed my prayer I make without deceitful lips.
Psal LEB 17:2  Let my vindication come forth from you; let your eyes see fairness.
Psal LEB 17:3  You have tried my heart; you have examined me by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided that my mouth will not transgress.
Psal LEB 17:4  As for the works of humankind, by the word of your lips, I have kept from the ways of the violent.
Psal LEB 17:5  I have held my steps in your path My feet will not slip.
Psal LEB 17:6  As for me, I have called on you because you will answer me, O God. Incline your ear to me. Hear my words.
Psal LEB 17:7  Show wondrously your acts of loyal love, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against them.
Psal LEB 17:8  Keep me as ⌞the apple of your eye⌟. Hide me in the shadow of your wings
Psal LEB 17:9  from the ⌞presence⌟ of the wicked who destroy me, those enemies against my life, they that surround me.
Psal LEB 17:10  They have shut off their calloused heart; with their mouth they speak arrogantly.
Psal LEB 17:11  Now they surround us at our every step. They ⌞intend⌟ ⌞to pin⌟ me to the ground.
Psal LEB 17:12  ⌞He is like⌟ a lion; he longs to tear apart, and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places.
Psal LEB 17:13  Rise up, O Yahweh, confront ⌞him⌟. Make him bow down. Rescue with your sword my life from the wicked,
Psal LEB 17:14  from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of this world. Their share is in ⌞this life⌟, and you fill their stomach with your treasure. They are satisfied with children. They bequeath their excess to their children.
Psal LEB 17:15  By contrast, I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied seeing your form.