PSALMS 17:8-15

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

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

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

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

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

¹³Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

¹⁴From men, by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: they are satisfied with 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.