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1 | Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my
prayer, that goeth not 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 slip 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 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. |
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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 oppress me, from my 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 | Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a
young lion lurking in secret places. |
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13 | Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul
from the wicked, which is thy sword: |
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14 | 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. |
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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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