Psalm 17

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 Hear the right, O Lord, con- | sider • my com- | plaint ||

and hearken unto my prayer, that | goeth • not | out of • feigned | lips. ||

2 Let my sentence come | forth • from thy | presence ||

and let thine eyes | look up•on the | thing • that is | equal. ||

3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; * thou hast tried me, and shalt find no | wicked•ness | in me ||

for I am utterly purposed that my | mouth shall | not of- | fend. ||

4 Because of men's works, that are done against the | 3 words of thy | lips ||

I have | kept me • from the | ways of • the de- | stroyer. ||

Or, 5 O hold thou up my | goings • in thy | paths ||

3 that | — my | footsteps | slip not. ||

§ 5 O hold thou | up my | goings ||

in thy | paths • that my | footsteps | slip not. ||

6 I have called upon thee, O | God, for • thou shalt | hear me ||

incline thine | ear to • me, and | hearken • unto my | words. ||

7 Shew thy | marvellous • loving- | kindness, ||

thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee, * from | such • as re- | 3 sist thy right | hand. ||

8 Keep me as the | apple • of an | eye ||

hide me under the shadow of thy | wings, • 9 From the un- | 3 godly that | trouble • me ||

mine enemies compass me round about to | take a•way my | soul. ||

10 They are inclosed in their own | fat • and their | mouth • speaketh | proud things. ||

11 They lie waiting in our way on every side; * turning their eyes | down • to the | ground; ||

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, * and as it were a lion's whelp, | 3 lurking in | secret | places. ||

13 Up, Lord, disappoint him, and | cast him | down ||

deliver my soul from the un- | godly, | 3 which is a | sword of • thine; ||

14 From the men of thy hand, O Lord, * from the men, I say, and from the | evil | world ||

which have their portion in this life, * whose bellies thou | 3 fillest with | thy hid | treasure. ||

15 They have children 3 at | their de- | sire ||

and leave the rest of their | substance | for their | babes. ||

16 But as for me, I will behold thy | 3 presence in | righteous•ness ||

and when I awake up after thy | likeness, | 3 I shall be | satisfied • with it. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||