Psalms 17:5-13

⁵Uphold my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

⁶I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, and hear my speech.

⁷Show thy wonderful loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them who put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them .

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

⁹From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who encompass me,

¹⁰They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

¹¹They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

¹²Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

¹³Arise, O LORD disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, who is thy sword: