rsv@Psalms:17:1 @ Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
rsv@Psalms:17:2 @ From thee let my vindication come! Let thy eyes see the right!
rsv@Psalms:17:3 @ If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.
rsv@Psalms:17:4 @ With regard to the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
rsv@Psalms:17:5 @ My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped.
rsv@Psalms:17:6 @ I call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God; incline thy ear to me, hear my words.
rsv@Psalms:17:7 @ Wondrously show thy steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at thy right hand.
rsv@Psalms:17:8 @ Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of thy wings,
rsv@Psalms:17:9 @ from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me.
rsv@Psalms:17:10 @ They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
rsv@Psalms:17:11 @ They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.
rsv@Psalms:17:12 @ They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
rsv@Psalms:17:13 @ Arise, O LORD! confront them, overthrow them! Deliver my life from the wicked by thy sword,
rsv@Psalms:17:14 @ from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men whose portion in life is of the world. May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their babes.
rsv@Psalms:17:15 @ As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form.