A Prayer of David.
Hear the
right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto
my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
02 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;
let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
03 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited
me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt
find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall
not transgress.
04 Concerning the works of men, by the word of
thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the
destroyer.
05 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my
footsteps slip not.
06 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear
me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my
speech.
07 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou
that savest by thy right hand them which put
their trust in thee from those that rise up
against them.
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08 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under
the shadow of thy wings,
09 From the wicked that oppress me, from my
deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their
mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they
have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and
as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down:
deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy
sword:
14 From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men
of the world, which have their portion in this
life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid
treasure: they are full of children, and leave
the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in
righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I
awake, with thy likeness.
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