I call on you, my God

 
Psalm for Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, RCL Year A

Psalm 17:1-7, 15

 
I call on you, my God, for you will answer me
Turn your ear to me and hear my prayer
 

v 1-3
¹  Hear me, LORD, my plea is just;
      listen to my cry.
Hear my prayer—
      it does not rise from deceitful lips.
²  Let my vindication come from you;
      may your eyes see what is right.
³  Though you probe my heart,
      though you examine me at night and test me,
you will find that I have planned no evil;
      my mouth has not transgressed.
 

I call on you, my God, for you will answer me
Turn your ear to me and hear my prayer

 
v 4-5
⁴  Though people tried to bribe me,
      I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
      through what your lips have commanded.
⁵  My steps have held to your paths;
      my feet have not stumbled.
 

I call on you, my God, for you will answer me
Turn your ear to me and hear my prayer
 

v 7, 15
⁷  Show me the wonders of your great love,
      you who save by your right hand
      those who take refuge in you from their foes.
¹⁵  As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face;
      when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
 

I call on you, my God, for you will answer me
Turn your ear to me and hear my prayer
 

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