Psalms 16

1A prayer of David. Listen, O Lord of my righteousness; Attend to my supplication; Give ear to my prayer that is not with deceitful lips.

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2From Your face let my judgment come; Let my eyes behold uprightness.

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3You tested my heart, when You visited me in the night; You tried me in the fire, and found nothing unjust in me.

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4That my mouth might not speak of the works of men, I held to hard ways because of the words of Your lips.

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5Restore my steps in Your paths, That my footsteps may not slip.

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6I cried out, because You listened to me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, and hear my words.

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7Magnify Your mercies, O You who save those who hope in You From those who rise up against Your right hand.

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8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; In the shelter of Your wings, You will shelter me

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9From the face of the ungodly who trouble me. My enemies surrounded my soul;

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10Their fat enclosed them; Their mouth spoke arrogantly.

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11Casting me out, they now surround me; They set their eyes to bend down to the earth.

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12They seized me like a lion ready to tear its prey, Like a young lion lurking in secret places.

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13Arise, O Lord, outrun them and trip up their heels; Rescue my soul from the ungodly, And Your sword from the enemies of Your hand.

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14O Lord, destroy them from the earth; Scatter them in their life. Their belly is filled with Your hidden things; They are satisfied with their sons, And they leave their possessions to their children.

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15As for me, in righteousness I shall behold Your face; I shall be satisfied when Your glory is revealed.

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