A Prayer of David.
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Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry,Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
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Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;Let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
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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.
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Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lipsI have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
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Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
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Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in theeFrom those that rise up against them.
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Keep me as the apple of the eye,Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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From the wicked that oppress me,From my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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They are inclosed in their own fat:With their mouth they speak proudly.
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They have now compassed us in our steps:They have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
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Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey,And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down:Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
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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.
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As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.