1: 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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2: Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes
behold the things that are equal. |
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3:
Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
thou has tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth
shall not transgress. |
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4: Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have
kept me from the paths of the destroyer. |
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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. |