{"id":180,"date":"2011-01-05T14:11:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T14:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2024-09-22T13:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T13:14:51","slug":"psalm-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/psalm-17\/","title":{"rendered":"17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/?psalm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-content\/pstrees\/017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.<\/p>\n<p>From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right.<\/p>\n<p>If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.<\/p>\n<p>As for what others do, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.<\/p>\n<p>My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.<\/p>\n<p>I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me, hear my words.<\/p>\n<p>Wondrously show your steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.<\/p>\n<p>Guard me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,<\/p>\n<p>from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me.<\/p>\n<p>They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.<\/p>\n<p>They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.<\/p>\n<p>Rise up, O Lord, confront them, overthrow them! By your sword deliver my life from the wicked,<\/p>\n<p>from mortals\u2014by your hand, O Lord\u2014 from mortals whose portion in life is in this world. <\/p>\n<p>May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their little ones.<\/p>\n<p>As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit. From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right. If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-800.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1167,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/tree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}