Psalms 17

¹Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry;

²Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;

³Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;

⁴As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips

⁵My steps have held fast to thy paths,

⁶I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:

⁷Show thy marvellous lovingkindness,

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye;

⁹From the wicked that oppress me,

¹⁰They are inclosed in their own fat:

¹¹They have now compassed us in our steps;

¹²He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,

¹³Arise, O Jehovah,

¹⁴From men by thy hand, O Jehovah,

¹⁵As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness;