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1.    A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Jehovah, 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 look upon equity.
 
3.    Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the       night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
 
4.    As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
 
5.    My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
 
6.    I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
 
7.    Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge 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, My deadly enemies, that 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 set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
 
12.    He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
 
13.    Arise, O Jehovah,  Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
 
14.    From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
 
15.    As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.