Psalms 17:8-15

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:

¹⁴From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure : they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

¹⁵As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.