Psalms 17:2-8

²From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

³Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

⁴As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

⁵To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

⁶I — I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

⁷Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.

⁸Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.