Psalms 17:5-12

⁵My steps have held firmly to your tracks; my feet have not slipped.

⁶I call to you, for you answer me, God; turn your ear to me and listen when I speak.

⁷Show your covenant faithfulness in a wonderful way, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their enemies!

⁸Protect me like the apple of your eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings

⁹from the presence of the wicked ones who assault me, my enemies who surround me.

¹⁰They have no mercy on anyone; their mouths speak with pride.

¹¹They have surrounded my steps. They set their eyes to strike me to the ground.

¹²They are like a lion eager for a victim, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.