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Psalm 17 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1 - (LXX 16:1) A Prayer of David. Hearken, O Lord [fn]of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:2 - (LXX 16:2) Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - (LXX 16:3) Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 - (LXX 16:4) As for the works of men, by the words of thy lips I have [fn]guarded myself from hard ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:5 - (LXX 16:5) Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:6 - (LXX 16:6) I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:7 - (LXX 16:7) Shew the marvels of thy mercies, thou that savest them that hope in thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 - (LXX 16:8) Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist thy right hand: thou shalt screen me by the covering of thy wings,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9 - (LXX 16:9) from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:10 - (LXX 16:10) They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:11 - (LXX 16:11) They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - (LXX 16:12) They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp dwelling in secret places.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:13 - (LXX 16:13) Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: draw thy sword,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - (LXX 16:14) because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with [fn]uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15 - (LXX 16:15) But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.
BES Footnotes
Or, to my righteous plea, etc.
Lit. I have observed hard ways.
Alex. children.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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