­­PSA 17:1  Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer,

 that goeth not out of feigned lips.

 

­PSA 17:2  Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold

 the things that are equal.

 

­PSA 17:3  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.

 

­PSA 17:4  Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me

 from the paths of the destroyer.

 

­PSA 17:5  Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

 

­PSA 17:6  I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine

 ear unto me, and hear my speech.

 

­PSA 17:7  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.

 

­PSA 17:8  Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy

 wings,

 

­PSA 17:9  From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass

 me about.

 

­PSA 17:10  They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak

 proudly.

 

­PSA 17:11  They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes

 bowing down to the earth;

 

­PSA 17:12  Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young

 lion lurking in secret places.

 

­PSA 17:13  Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from

 the wicked, which is thy sword:

 

­PSA 17:14  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.

 

­PSA 17:15  As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be

 satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.