acv - 17

acv@Psalms:17:1 @ Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry. Give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.

acv@Psalms:17:2 @ Let my justice come forth from thy presence. Let thine eyes look upon equity.

acv@Psalms:17:3 @ Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

acv@Psalms:17:4 @ As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the ways of a violent man.

acv@Psalms:17:5 @ My steps have held fast to thy paths. My feet have not slipped.

acv@Psalms:17:6 @ I have called upon thee, for thou will answer me, O God. Incline thine ear to me, [and] hear my speech.

acv@Psalms:17:7 @ Show thy marvelous loving kindness, O thou who saves by thy right hand those who take refuge from those who rise up.

acv@Psalms:17:8 @ Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

acv@Psalms:17:9 @ from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who encompass me around.

acv@Psalms:17:10 @ They are enclosed in their own fat. With their mouth they speak proudly.

acv@Psalms:17:11 @ They have now encompassed us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast down to the earth.

acv@Psalms:17:12 @ He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

acv@Psalms:17:13 @ Arise, O LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword,

acv@Psalms:17:14 @ from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

acv@Psalms:17:15 @ As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy form.

Psalms 17