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A Prayer[H8605] of David[H1732]. Hear[H8085] the right[H6664], O LORD[H3068], attend[H7181] unto my cry[H7440], give ear[H238] unto my prayer[H8605], that goeth not[H3808] out of feigned[H4820]lips[H8193].
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Let my sentence[H4941] come forth[H3318] from thy presence[H6440]; let thine eyes[H5869]behold[H2372] the things that are equal[H4339].
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Thou hast proved[H974] mine heart[H3820]; thou hast visited[H6485] me in the night[H3915]; thou hast tried[H6884] me, and shalt find[H4672] nothing; I am purposed[H2161] that my mouth[H6310] shall not transgress[H5674].
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Concerning the works[H6468] of men[H120], by the word[H1697] of thy lips[H8193] I have kept[H8104] me from the paths[H734] of the destroyer[H6530].
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Hold up[H8551] my goings[H838] in thy paths[H4570], that my footsteps[H6471]slip[H4131] not.
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I have called[H7121] upon thee, for thou wilt hear[H6030] me, O God[H410]: incline[H5186] thine ear[H241] unto me, and hear[H8085] my speech[H565].
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Shew thy marvellous[H6395]lovingkindness[H2617], O thou that savest[H3467] by thy right hand[H3225] them which put their trust[H2620] in thee from those that rise up[H6965] against them.
8Keep[H8104] me as the apple[H380] of the eye[H1323], hide[H5641] me under the shadow[H6738] of thy wings[H3671],
9From[H6440] the wicked[H7563]that[H2098]oppress[H7703] me, from[H6440] my deadly[H5315]enemies[H341], who compass me about[H5362].
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They are inclosed[H5462] in their own fat[H2459]: with their mouth[H6310] they speak[H1696]proudly[H1348].
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They have now compassed[H5437] us in our steps[H838]: they have set[H7896] their eyes[H5869] bowing down[H5186] to the earth[H776];
12Like[H1825] as a lion[H738] that is greedy[H3700] of his prey[H2963], and as it were a young lion[H3715]lurking[H3427] in secret places[H4565].
13Arise[H6965], O LORD[H3068], disappoint[H6923]him[H6440], cast him[H6440]down[H3766]: deliver[H6403] my soul[H5315] from the wicked[H7563], which is thy sword[H2719]:
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From men[H4962] which are thy hand[H3027], O LORD[H3068], from men[H4962] of the world[H2465], which have their portion[H2506] in this life[H2416], and whose belly[H990] thou fillest[H4390] with thy hid[H6840] treasure: they are full[H7646] of children[H1121], and leave[H3240] the rest[H3499] of their substance to their babes[H5768].
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As for me, I will behold[H2372] thy face[H6440] in righteousness[H6664]: I shall be satisfied[H7646], when I awake[H6974], with thy likeness[H8544].