Psalms 17 - Meaning, Themes & Application

" [[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. "

" Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. "

" 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. "

" Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. "

" Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip "

" I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. "

" Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up "

" Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy 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 thy sword: "

" 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. "

" As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. "