| 1 ¶ A Prayer of David. Hear the right,1 O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not2 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 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.
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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 slip3 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 thy4 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 oppress5 me, from my6 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 Like7 as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking8 in secret places.
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| 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint9 him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:10
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| 14 From men which are11 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: they12 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.
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