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          DASV: Psalm 17    

A prayer of David.

1 Hear a just cause, O LORD,
     attend to my cry;
           give ear to my prayer
     offered from lips free of deceit.
2 Let my vindication come out from before you;
     let your eyes look at what is right.

3 You have examined my heart;
     you have visited me in the night;
      you have tried me, and found nothing;
     I have purposed that my mouth should not sin.
4 As for the works of other people,
      by the word of your lips
           I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
5 My steps have held fast to your paths;
     my feet have not slipped.

6 I call upon you, for you will answer me;
     O God, turn your ear to me and hear my words.
7 Wondrously display your loyal love,
     you who save by your right hand,
           those who seek refuge in you from their foes.
8 Guard me as the apple of your eye;
     hide me under the shadow of your wings,
9 from the wicked who oppress me,
     my deadly enemies who surround me.

10 They close their insensitive hearts;
     their mouths speak arrogantly.
11 They track me down, then they surround me;
     they focus their eyes to throw me down to the ground.
12 They are like a lion eager for prey,
     and like a young lion lurking in ambush.

13 Arise, O LORD, confront him,
     cast him down,
           deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
14 from men by your hand, O LORD,
     from men of the world, whose reward is in this life.
      May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them;
           may their children be satisfied with it,
     and even have leftovers for their infants.

15 As for me, I will gaze on your face in righteousness;
     when I awake, I will be satisfied by seeing your likeness.

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