Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips.
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Hear me, LORD, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.
2 Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness.
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Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.
3 Thou has 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.
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Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me, you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.
4 As for the works of men, by the words of thy lips I have guarded myself from hard ways.
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Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.
5 Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not.
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My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.
6 I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.
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I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.
7 Shew the marvels of thy mercies, thou that savest them that hope in thee.
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Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
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,
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Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings
9 from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.
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from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
10 They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.
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They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance.
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.
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They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
12 They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion’s whelp dwelling in secret places.
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They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.
13 Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: draw thy sword,
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Rise up, LORD, confront them, bring them down; with your sword rescue me from the wicked.
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 uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.
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By your hand save me from such people, LORD, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies; may their children gorge themselves on it, and may there be leftovers for their little ones.
15 But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.
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As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
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