A Prayer of David. |
Psalm 17:1-15 Book# 1 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks] |
O Lord, give [Your] ear & hear the [righteous] & [take care of] my [outcry] & my prayer, that goes out from [sincere, not deceitful] lips. Let Your eyes [see] the things that are [fair] & let my sentence come [out] from Your presence. |
You have [tested my] heart & visited me in the night. You have tried me & shall find nothing. [My desire is] my mouth shall not [sin.] [Psalm 66:10 For You, O God, have [tested] us. You have tried us, [like] silver is tried.] |
By the Word of Your lips, I have kept [myself from] the [deeds] of men & the paths of the destroyer. [Hebrews 2:14 Then, [like] the children have flesh & blood, Christ, Himself also took the same flesh & blood; so that through death, Christ might destroy him, [who] had the power [over] death [which] is the devil.] |
[Uphold,] my [going on] Your paths, [so] my footsteps [don't] slip. I have called upon You. [Lean] Your ear to me, for You will hear me, O God & hear [what I say.] |
[Show] Your marvelous loving kindness, [to those who] put their trust in You. O You, [Who] saves by Your right hand, from those [who] rise up against them. |
Keep me [like] the apple of [Your] eye & hide me under the shadow of Your wings, from the wicked [who] oppress me & from my deadly enemies [who surround around] me. |
They are [covered] in their own fat & speak proudly with their mouth. They have now [surrounded] us in our steps & bowing down to the earth, they have set their eyes [upon us] like a greedy lion & a young lion, lurking in secret places [for] his prey. |
O Lord, arise & cast him down & [confront] him. Deliver my soul from the wicked, [with] Your sword: From men, [with] Your hand, O Lord, from men of the world, [who] have their portion in this [lifetime.] [Psalm 16:5 You uphold my lot. The Lord is the portion & my cup of [my] inheritance.] |
[Those] whose [stomachs] You fill with Your [hidden] treasure. [2 Kings 24:13-14 And he carried out [from there] all the treasures of the house of the Lord & the treasures of the king's house & cut in pieces all the vessels of gold [that] Solomon, king of Israel, had made [for] the temple of the Lord, [like] the Lord had said.] |
They [have many] children & leave the rest of their [possessions] to their [little ones.] As for me, I will [see] Your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied when I awake, with Your likeness. |
[1 John 3:2-3 Beloved, we are now the sons of God & it's not [apparent] yet, what we shall be. But we know that when we shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him [like] He is. And every man [who] has this hope in [Christ,] purifies himself, even [like God] is pure.] |