Psalms 17:3-10

³Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

⁴Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent man.

⁵When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

⁶I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O God. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

⁷Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

⁹From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

¹⁰They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.