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Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Justice for me will come from your presence; your eyes see what is right.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">As for the ways of mankind, I have, according to the words of your lips, avoided the ways of the violent.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Because my steps have held fast to your paths, my footsteps have not faltered.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I call upon you, for you will answer me, God. Listen closely to me and hear my prayer.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Show forth your gracious love, save those who take refuge in you from those who rebel against your sovereign power. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Protect me as the most precious part of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">from the wicked who have afflicted me, from my enemies who have surrounded me.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They are imprisoned by their own prosperity, they have boasted proudly with their mouth.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now they have encircled our paths and are determined to cast us down to the ground.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like a lion they desire to rip us to pieces, like a young lion waiting in ambush.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Arise, LORD, confront them, bring them to their knees! Deliver me from the wicked by your sword—<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">from men, LORD, by your hand— from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But as for me, justified, I will behold your face; when I awake, your presence will satisfy me.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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