{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T05:48:28.385Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":17,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I have called on you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear to me, and hear my speech."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Show your marvelous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you from those that rise up against them."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 17 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 17](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/17 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}