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; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. |
3 Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou has tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. |
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. |
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, 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, 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; |
