Psalms 17:7-11

⁷Make clear the wonder of your mercy, O saviour of those who put their faith in your right hand, from those who come out against them.

⁸Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings,

⁹From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

¹⁰They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

¹¹They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;