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<p class="indent2">Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>May my <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>judgment come from Your presence; <p class="indent2">May Your eyes behold what is upright. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You have tested my heart; <p class="indent2">You have visited <i>me</i> by night; <p class="indent2">You have tried me and You find <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>nothing; <p class="indent2">I have purposed that my mouth will not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>transgress. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips <p class="indent2">I have kept from the paths of the violent. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>My steps have held fast to Your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>paths. <p class="indent2">My footsteps have not stumbled. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God; <p class="indent2">Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Marvelously show Your lovingkindnesses, <p class="indent2">O Savior of those who take refuge <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>at Your right hand <p class="indent2">From those who rise up <i>against them</i>. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Keep me as <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the apple of the eye; <p class="indent2">Hide me in the shadow of Your wings <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>From the wicked who devastate me, <p class="indent2">My deadly enemies who surround me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They have closed their <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>unfeeling <i>heart</i>, <p class="indent2">With their mouth they speak proudly. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They have now surrounded us in our steps; <p class="indent2">They set their eyes to cast <i>us</i> down to the ground. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He is like a lion that is eager to tear, <p class="indent2">And as a young lion lurking in hiding places. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Arise, O Yahweh, confront him, bring him low; <p class="indent2">Protect my soul from the wicked with Your sword, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>From men with Your hand, O Yahweh, <p class="indent2">From men <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>of the world, whose portion is in <i>this</i> life, <p class="indent2">And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; <p class="indent2">They are satisfied with children, <p class="indent2">And leave their excess to their infants. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; <p class="indent2">I will be satisfied <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>with Your likeness when I awake.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Vindication<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>no evil device in me; My mouth</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>trespass</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>tracks</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>from those who rise up...at Your right hand</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>the pupil, the daughter of the eye</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>fat</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>whose portion in life is of the world</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>with</i> beholding<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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