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Verse 1

Hear my plea, O LORD, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Verse 2

Let my judgment come forth from your presence; let your eyes see what is right.

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

Verse 3

You have tested my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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.

Verse 4

Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Verse 5

Hold up my steps in your paths, that my footsteps do not slip.

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

Verse 6

I have called upon you, for you will hear me, O God; incline your ear to me, and hear my speech.

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

Verse 7

Show your marvelous lovingkindness, O you who save by your right hand those who put their trust in you from those who rise up against them.

Shew 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.

Verse 8

Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Verse 9

From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Verse 10

They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

Verse 11

They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth.

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

Verse 12

Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

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

Verse 13

Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

Verse 14

From men who are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure; they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babies.

From 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.

Verse 15

As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with your likeness.

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

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