Psalms - Chapter 16

Passage

The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear to my prayer, which does not proceed from deceitful lips. Let my judgment come forth from your countenance: let your eyes behold the things that are equitable. You have proved my heart, and visited it by night, you have tried me by fire: and iniquity has not been found in me. That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of your lips, I have kept hard ways. Perfect my goings in your paths: that my footsteps be not moved. I have cried to you, for you, O God, have heard me: O incline your ear to me, and hear my words. Show forth your wonderful mercies; you who save them that trust in you. From them that resist your right hand keep me, as the apple of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings. From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul: They have shut up their fat: their mouth has spoken proudly. They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth. They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places. Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one; your sword From the enemies of your hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from your hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance. But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when your glory shall appear.