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Psalms 17:1-8

1Hearשִׁמְעָ֤הshim.'AhH8085theright,OJehovah, attend untomycryרִנָּתִ֗יri.na.TiH7440;Giveהַאֲזִ֥ינָהha.'a.Zi.nahH238earH238untomyprayerH8605,thatgoethnotoutoffeignedlipsשִׂפְתֵ֥יsif.TeiH8193.

2LetmysentenceH4941comeיֵצֵ֑אye.Tze'H3318forthH3318fromthypresenceH6440; Let thineeyesעֵ֝ינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869lookuponequity.

3Thou hastprovedmyheartלִבִּ֨י׀li.BiH3820; thou hastvisitedפָּ֘קַ֤דְתָּpa.Kad.taH6485meinthenightלַּ֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915; Thou hasttriedme,andfindestnothing;Iampurposedthatmymouthפִּֽי׃PiH6310shallnottransgressיַעֲבָר־ya.'a.vor-H5674.

4AsfortheworksH6468ofmenH120,bythewordבִּדְבַ֣רbid.VarH1697ofthylipsשְׂפָתֶ֑יךָse.fa.Tei.khaH8193IhavekeptH8104mefromthewaysH734oftheviolentפָּרִֽיץ׃pa.RitzH6530.

5MystepshaveheldH8551fastH8551tothypaths,MyfeethavenotslippedH4131.

6Ihavecalledקְרָאתִ֣יךָke.ra.Ti.chaH7121uponthee,forthou wiltanswerתַעֲנֵ֣נִיta.'a.Ne.niH6030me,OGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410:Inclineהַֽט־hat-H5186thineearאָזְנְךָ֥'a.ze.ne.KhaH241untome,andhearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085myspeech.

7Showthy marvellous lovingkindness, O thouthatsavestbythyrightבִּֽימִינֶֽךָ׃Bi.mi.Ne.khaH3225handH3225themthattakeחוֹסִ֑יםcho.SimH2620refugeH2620intheeFromthosethatriseמִ֝מִּתְקוֹמְמִ֗יםmi.mit.ko.MimH6965upagainstthem.

8Keepשָׁ֭מְרֵנִיSham.re.niH8104meastheappleoftheeyeעָ֑יִן'A.yinH5869;Hideתַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃tas.ti.Re.niH5641meundertheshadowבְּצֵ֥לbe.TzelH6738ofthywingsכְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָke.na.Fei.khaH3671,

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