17 Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry;
Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
² Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;
^[a]Let thine eyes look upon equity.
³ Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
Thou hast tried me, and ^[b]findest nothing;
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
⁴ As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips
I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
⁵ My steps have held fast to thy paths,
My feet have not slipped.
⁶ I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:
Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
⁷ Show thy marvellous lovingkindness,
O thou that savest ^[c]by thy right hand them that take refuge in thee
From those that rise up against them.