Psalms 17

¹Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry,

²Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;

³Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;

⁴Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips

⁵Hold up my goings in thy paths,

⁶I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:

⁷Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye,

⁹From the wicked that oppress me,

¹⁰They are inclosed in their own fat:

¹¹They have now compassed us in our steps:

¹²Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey,

¹³Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down:

¹⁴From men which are thy hand, O Lord,

¹⁵As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: