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David asks God to hear a just cause, invites examination, requests protection as the apple of God's eye, and contrasts worldly men with satisfaction in God's likeness.
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Psalms 17
David asks God to hear a just cause, invites examination, requests protection as the apple of God's eye, and contrasts worldly men with satisfaction in God's likeness.
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1Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give…2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine…3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in…4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy…5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps…6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me,…7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy…8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me…9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies,…10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth…11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have…12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey,…13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my…14From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men…15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:…