I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;(A)
    turn your ear to me(B) and hear my prayer.(C)
Show me the wonders of your great love,(D)
    you who save by your right hand(E)
    those who take refuge(F) in you from their foes.
Keep me(G) as the apple of your eye;(H)
    hide me(I) in the shadow of your wings(J)
from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
    from my mortal enemies who surround me.(K)

10 They close up their callous hearts,(L)
    and their mouths speak with arrogance.(M)
11 They have tracked me down, they now surround me,(N)
    with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
12 They are like a lion(O) hungry for prey,(P)
    like a fierce lion crouching in cover.

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I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

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