Bay Psalm Book: Psalm 17

Psalme 17

A Prayer of David.

¹ HArkin, o Lord, unto the right, attend vnto my crye, give eare vnto my pray’r, that goes from lips that doe not lye.

² From thy face let my judgement come: thine eyes the right let see. ³ Thou provst mine heart, thou visitest by night, and tryest mee.

yet nothing find’st, I hav resloved my mouth shall not offend. ⁴ From mens works: by word of thy lips I spoylers paths attend.

⁵ Stay my feet in thy paths, lest my ⁶ steps slip. I cal’d on thee, for thou wilt eare, God, heare my speech, incline thine eare to mee.

⁷ O thou that sav’st by thy right hand, thy merveilous-mercyes, shew vnto them that trust in thee, from such as ‘gainst them rise.

⁸ As apple of thine eye mee keepe. In thy wings shade mee hide. ⁹ rom wicked who mee wast: my foes in heart are on each side.

¹⁰ Clos’d in their sat they are: & they speak with their mouth proudly. ¹¹ They round us in our stepps: they set on earth their bow’d downe eye.

¹² His likenes as a lion is, that greedy is to teare, in secret places lurking as hee a young lion were.

¹³ Him, in his sight, rise, disappoynt make him bow downe o Lord, doe thou my soule deliver from the wicked one, thy sword,

¹⁴ From mortall men thine hand, o Lord from men that mortall are, and of this passing-world, who have within this life their share,

with thy hid treasure furthermore whose belly thou fillest: their sonnes are fil’d, & to their babes of wealth they leave the rest.

¹⁵ In righteousnes, thy favour I shall very clearely see, and waking with thine image, I shall satiffied be.