Psalms 16:5-11

⁵Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not.

⁶I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.

⁷Shew the marvels of thy mercies, thou that savest them that hope in thee.

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist thy right hand: thou shalt screen me by the covering of thy wings,

⁹from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.

¹⁰They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.

¹¹They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.