{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Psalms",
 "chapter": 17,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "[A Prayer of David.] Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,"
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;"
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:"
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which 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."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness."
  }
 ],
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 "church": "https://crawlerschurch.org",
 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}