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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 Catholic Public Domain Version</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="../">CPDV</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/17-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Hear My Righteous Plea<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><V 16:1>A Prayer of David. Lord, listen to my justice, attend to my supplication. Pay attention to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><V 16:2>Let my judgment proceed from your presence. Let your eyes behold fairness.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><V 16:3>You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><V 16:4>Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><V 16:5>Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><V 16:6>I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><V 16:7>Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><V 16:8>From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><V 16:9>from the face of the impious who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><V 16:10>They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><V 16:11>They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><V 16:12>They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><V 16:13>Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><V 16:14>Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life. Their gut has been filled from your hidden stores. They have been filled with sons, and they have bequeathed to their little ones the remainder.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><V 16:15>But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. 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