Psalms 17
In the Shadow Of Your Wings
A Prayer Of David
Audio Reading • Kings James Version
Psalms 17In the Shadow Of Your Wings
A Prayer Of David
King James Version
1 Hear the right, O Lord,
attend unto my cry,
give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
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.
4 Concerning the works of men,thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing;
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
by the word of thy lips
I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths,I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
that my footsteps slip not.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:
incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
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.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye,them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9 From the wicked that oppress me,from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat:
with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps:they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey,and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O Lord,
disappoint him, cast him down:
deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
14 From men which are thy hand, O Lord,deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
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.
and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure:
they are full of children,
and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Prayer For Protection Against Oppressors
- Next entry in the series 'Psalms 17': Keep Me As The Apple Of The Eye
