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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 17 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Psalm 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/16.htm" title="Psalm 16">◄</a> Psalm 17 <a href="../psalms/18.htm" title="Psalm 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">In the Shadow of Your Wings</p><subheading class="psalm-title">A Prayer of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Hear a just cause, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; attend to my cry!</span><br /><span class="indent">Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">From your presence let my vindication come!</span><br /><span class="indent">Let your eyes behold the right!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,</span><br /><span class="indent">you have tested me, and you will find nothing;</span><br /><span class="indent">I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips</span><br /><span class="indent">I have avoided the ways of the violent.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My steps have held fast to your paths;</span><br /><span class="indent">my feet have not slipped.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;</span><br /><span class="indent">incline your ear to me; hear my words.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Wondrously show<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Distinguish me by">a</a></sup></span> your steadfast love,</span><br /><span class="indent">O Savior of those who seek refuge</span><br /><span class="indent">from their adversaries at your right hand.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Keep me as the apple of your eye;</span><br /><span class="indent">hide me in the shadow of your wings,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">from the wicked who do me violence,</span><br /><span class="indent">my deadly enemies who surround me.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They close their hearts to pity;</span><br /><span class="indent">with their mouths they speak arrogantly.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They have now surrounded our steps;</span><br /><span class="indent">they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He is like a lion eager to tear,</span><br /><span class="indent">as a young lion lurking in ambush.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Arise, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>! Confront him, subdue him!</span><br /><span class="indent">Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">from men by your hand, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">from men of the world whose portion is in this life.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or from men whose portion in life is of the world">b</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">You fill their womb with treasure;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb">c</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">they are satisfied with children,</span><br /><span class="indent">and they leave their abundance to their infants.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;</span><br /><span class="indent">when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>Distinguish me by</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">from men</span> whose portion in life is of the world</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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