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¹ Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips. ² Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness. ³ Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss. ⁴ As for the works of men, by the words of thy lips I have guarded myself from hard ways. ⁵ Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not. ⁶ I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words. ⁷ Shew the marvels of thy mercies, thou that savest them that hope in thee.

⁸ Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist thy right hand: thou shalt screen me by the covering of thy wings, ⁹ from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul. ¹⁰ They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride. ¹¹ They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground. ¹² They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion’s whelp dwelling in secret places. ¹³ Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: draw thy sword, ¹⁴ because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes. ¹⁵ But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.