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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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" 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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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Prayer of an Innocent Person<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.17.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.1" class="v19_17_1">1</span>Listen, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>, to my plea for justice;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_1">pay attention to my cry for help!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_1">Listen to my honest prayer.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.2" class="v19_17_2">2</span>You will judge in my favor,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_2">because you know what is right.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.3" class="v19_17_3">3</span>You know my heart.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_3">You have come to me at night;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_3">you have examined me completely</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_3">and found no evil desire in me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_3">I speak no evil, </span><span class="v19_17_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.4" class="v19_17_4">4</span>as others do;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_4">I have obeyed your command</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_4">and have not followed paths of violence.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.5" class="v19_17_5">5</span>I have always walked in your way</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_5">and have never strayed from it.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.6" class="v19_17_6">6</span>I pray to you, O God, because you answer me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_6">so turn to me and listen to my words.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.7" class="v19_17_7">7</span>Reveal your wonderful love and save me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_7">at your side I am safe from my enemies.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.8" class="v19_17_8">8</span>Protect me as you would your very eyes;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_8">hide me in the shadow of your wings</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.9" class="v19_17_9">9</span>from the attacks of the wicked.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_9">Deadly enemies surround me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.10" class="v19_17_10">10</span>they have no pity and speak proudly.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.11" class="v19_17_11">11</span>They are around me now, wherever I turn,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_11">watching for a chance to pull me down.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.12" class="v19_17_12">12</span>They are like lions, waiting for me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_12">wanting to tear me to pieces.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.13" class="v19_17_13">13</span>Come, <span class="nd">Lord</span>! Oppose my enemies and defeat them!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_13">Save me from the wicked by your sword;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.14" class="v19_17_14">14</span>save me from those who in this life have all they want.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_14">Punish them with the sufferings you have stored up for them;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_14">may there be enough for their children</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_14">and some left over for their children's children!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_17_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.17.15" class="v19_17_15">15</span>But I will see you, because I have done no wrong;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_17_15">and when I awake, your presence will fill me with joy.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A prayer by David.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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