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Psalms 16
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1A Prayer of David. Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayernot [uttered] with deceitful lips.
1Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness.
2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] by night; thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: [I am purposed] that my mouth shall not speak [amiss].
3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4As for the works of men, by the words of thy lips I have guarded [myself from] hard ways.
4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not.
5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.
6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7Shew the marvels of thy mercies, thou that savest them that hope in thee .
7Shew 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.
8Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist thy right hand: thou shalt screen me by the covering of thy wings,
8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.
9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10They have enclosed [themselves with] their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.
10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes [so as] to bow them down to the ground.
11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp dwelling in secret [places].
12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: [draw] thy sword,
13Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
14because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden [treasures]: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant [of their possessions] to their babes.
14From 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.
15But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face : I shall be satisfiedwhen thy glory appears.
15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.