God the defense of the righteous. (A Prayer of David.)

¹⁾HearGive theme right words, O LORD,Lord; speak and thy servant shall hear thee; attend unto my cry, and give ear unto my prayer,. thatI goethcome not unto thee out of feigned lips.

²⁾Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

³⁾Thou hast proved minemy heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me,; andthou shalt find nothing; evil in me, for I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress concerning the works of men.

⁴⁾Concerning the works of men, byBy the word of thy lips I have kept meout fromof the paths of the destroyer.

⁵⁾Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

⁶⁾I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:, my speech, and incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

⁷⁾ShewShow thy marvellousmarvelous lovingkindnessloving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee, by thy right hand from those that rise up against them.

⁸⁾Keep me as the apple of the eye,. hideHide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9)From from the wicked that oppress me, from my.

⁹⁾My deadly enemies, who compass me about.;

¹⁰⁾They are inclosedenclosed in their own fat:; with their mouth they speak proudly.

¹¹⁾They have now compassed us in our steps:; they have set their eyes, bowing down to the earth;

¹²⁾Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

¹³⁾Arise, O LORDLord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver.

¹⁴⁾Deliver my soul from the wicked, which isby thy sword: 14)From; from men which areby thy strong hand. Yea, O LORDLord, from men of the world,; which havefor their portion is in thistheir life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hidgood treasure:things; they are full of children, and they die and leave the rest of their substanceinheritance to their babes.

¹⁵⁾As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.