Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry give
ear to my prayer, that go not out
of feigned lips. Let my
sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that
are equal.
You have
proved mine heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and
shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Concerning
the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the
destroyer.
Hold up my
goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not. I have
called upon you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear to me, and hear
my speech.
Show your
marvellous lovingkindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put
their trust in you from those that rise up against them.
Keep me as
the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings, From the
wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
They are
inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. They have
now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the
earth
Like as a
lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret
places.
Arise, O
LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is
your sword
From men
which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in
this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of
children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
As for me,
I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake,
with your likeness.
(KJV)
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