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Psalm 17 Prayed
Confidence
in the gospel,
delivery
from sin and Satan
Hear, O Lord, my righteous
plea;
listen
to my cry.
Give ear to my prayer—
it
does not rise from deceitful lips.
My vindication has come from
you;
Your
eyes have shown me what is right.
You, O Father, have given me a
seal
of
the righteousness that comes by faith.
A promise that comes by faith,
so
that it may be by grace,
and
may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s
offspring.
You chose to credit me with
righteousness—
simply
because I believe in you,
who
raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
You delivered him over to death
for my sins,
and
you raised him to life for my justification.
Though you probe my heart
and
examine me at night,
though
you test me, you will find nothing;
For you made Jesus who
had no sin
to
be sin for me,
so
that in him I might become the
righteousness
of God.
Therefore I have resolved that
my mouth
will
not sin.
As for the deeds of others—
by
the word of your lips;
by
the Word of God in the Bible,
I have kept myself
from
the ways of the violent.
My steps have held to your
paths;
my
feet have not slipped.
I call on you, O God, for you
will answer me;
give
ear to me and hear my prayer.
Show the wonder of your great
love,
for
you save by your right hand
those
who take refuge in you from their foes.
Keep me as the apple of your
eye;
hide
me in the shadow of your wings
from the Wicked One who assails
me,
from
my mortal enemy of sin
which
surrounds me.
They close up their callous
hearts,
and
their mouths speak with arrogance.
They have tracked me down,
they
now surround me,
with
eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
They are like a lion hungry for
prey,
like
a great lion crouching in cover.
For my enemy the devil
prowls around
like
a roaring lion
looking for someone to devour.
Rise up, O Lord Jesus,
confront them,
bring
them down;
rescue
me from the Wicked One
by your sword;
the
sword of the Spirit,
which
is the Word of God.
For in you, O Christ,
all
the fullness of the Deity lives
in
bodily form,
and you have given me fullness in you,
O
Christ;
you
are the head over every power
and
authority.
You have made me alive together
with you,
You
forgave me all my sins,
having
cancelled the written code,
with its regulations, that was against
me,
and
that stood opposed to me.
You taken it away,
nailing
it to the cross.
Having disarmed principalities and powers,
you
made a public spectacle of them,
triumphing
over them by the cross.
O Lord Jesus by your hand save
me
from
such “men,”
from
“men” of this world
whose
reward is in this life.
Only you can satisfy the hunger
of
those you cherish;
you
can make our children have plenty,
Help us find our treasure in
you,
the
satisfaction of the craving of our souls,
so
that we will store up this wealth
for
our children.
And I—in the righteousness you
covered me with,
I
will see your face;
when
I awake in death,
I will be satisfied with seeing
your likeness
in
the person of Jesus, forever.
seeing your
likeness.
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Psalm 17 Prayed
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