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- Chapter 17 -

Hear my righteous plea

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Yahweh, listen to me while I plead with you to act justly toward me. Hear me while I call out to you to help me. Pay attention to what I say while I pray because I am speaking honestly.
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You are the one who is able to declare that I am innocent; please agree to do what is right for me.
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If you come to me at night to learn what I think, if you see what I think in my heart, you will know that I have determined to never tell any lies; you will find that I do not think evil things.
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I have not acted like those who do not honor you; I have always acted in the power of what you have instructed me; I have not acted like those who do not know your law.
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I have always done what you told me to do; I have never failed to do those things.
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O God, I am praying to you because you answer me; please listen to what I am saying.
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Continue to show me your love as you promised you would do. By your great power you protect all who trust in you; you keep them safe from their enemies.
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Protect me as carefully as people protect their own eyes; protect me like birds protect their babies under their wings.
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Do not allow wicked people to attack me, those enemies of mine who surround, wanting to kill me.
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They are proud of their riches and success, but they have no mercy on anyone.
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They have hunted for me and found me. They surround me, watching for an opportunity to throw me to the ground and kill me.
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They are like lions that are ready to tear apart the animals that they capture; They are like young lions that are hiding, waiting to jump on their prey.
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Yahweh, arise, attack my enemies, and defeat them! With your sword save me from those wicked people!
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Yahweh, by your power rescue me from those people who are interested only in things here in this world. But you provide plenty of food for those whom you love dearly; their children also have many things that their grandchildren will inherit.
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Yahweh, because I act in the right way, I will be with you one day. When I awake after I die, I will see you face to face, and then I will be happy.
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Hear my righteous plea

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Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
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Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.
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You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
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As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
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My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
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I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
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Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
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Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
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from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
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They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
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They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
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He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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Arise, LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
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from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
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As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
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