Psalm 17:1-15
1 A Prayer of David. Lord, listen to my justice, attend to my supplication. Pay attention to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. 2 Let my judgment proceed from your presence. Let your eyes behold fairness. 3 You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me. 4 Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips. 5 Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed. 6 I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words. 7 Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you. 8 From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings, 9 from the face of the impious who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul. 10 They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly. 11 They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth. 12 They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding. 13 Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand. 14 Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life. Their gut has been filled from your hidden stores. They have been filled with sons, and they have bequeathed to their little ones the remainder. 15 But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears. Genesis 32:23-33 23 And having delivered over all the things that belonged to him, 24 he remained alone. And behold, a man wrestled with him until morning. 25 And when he saw that he would not be able to overcome him, he touched the nerve of his thigh, and immediately it withered. 26 And he said to him, "Release me, for now the dawn ascends." He responded, "I will not release you, unless you bless me." 27 Therefore he said, "What is your name?" He answered, "Jacob." 28 But he said, "Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?" 29 Jacob questioned him, "Tell me, by what name are you called?" He responded, "Why do you ask my name?" And he blessed him in the same place. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved." 31 And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he had crossed beyond Peniel. Yet in truth, he limped on his foot. 32 For this reason, the sons of Israel, even to the present day, do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob's thigh, because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed.
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