Psalms 17:5-15
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5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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6 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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7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
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8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
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12 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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13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
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14 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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15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.