{"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/wbt/psalms/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-13T06:10:20.561Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":17,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Uphold my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, and hear my speech."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Show thy wonderful loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them who put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shade of thy wings."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who encompass me,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They are inclosed 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, who is thy sword:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 17 (WBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 17](https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/17 (accessed 2026-06-13)."}}